Robotics Worksheet: Robots and People
Robot tip (Each does its best part): Robots do well: dull, dirty, dangerous, heavy and exact jobs (welding, lifting, deep-sea work). People do better: caring, creating, making friends and judging what is fair. People stay in charge and make the big decisions.
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- 1.🤝 Robots are most useful for jobs that are … (a) fun and creative (b) kind and caring (c) dull, dirty or dangerous (d) about feelings
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make up a new song (b) repeat one task all day (c) sort parcels all night (d) weld 1000 car doors
- 3.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) invent a new game (b) lift very heavy parts (c) weld 1000 car doors (d) measure parts exactly
- 4.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “explore the deep sea” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 5.True or false: “comfort a sad friend” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “cheer up a lonely child” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🤝 Can a robot truly feel happy or sad like a person? (a) yes, when charged (b) no, it has no feelings (c) yes, always (d) only on Sundays
- 8.True or false: “sort parcels all night” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) search a smoky building (b) teach with kindness (c) comfort a sad friend (d) choose a gift for mum
- 10.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) measure parts exactly (b) judge what is fair (c) teach with kindness (d) make up a new song
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sort parcels all night (b) repeat one task all day (c) work in great heat (d) write a funny story
- 12.True or false: “work in great heat” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) choose a gift for mum (b) judge what is fair (c) work in great heat (d) write a funny story
- 14.True or false: “teach with kindness” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) explore the deep sea (b) cheer up a lonely child (c) crawl in narrow pipes (d) work in great heat
- 16.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “make a new friend” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 17.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) explore the deep sea (b) lift very heavy parts (c) weld 1000 car doors (d) comfort a sad friend
- 18.True or false: “measure parts exactly” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🤝 Why do people and robots often work as a team? (a) people are robots (b) robots need friends (c) robots get bored (d) each does its best part
- 20.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “choose a gift for mum” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 21.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “lift very heavy parts” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) work in great heat (b) teach with kindness (c) spray crops evenly (d) sort parcels all night
- 23.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) sort parcels all night (b) judge what is fair (c) work in great heat (d) lift very heavy parts
- 24.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) spray crops evenly (b) choose a gift for mum (c) cheer up a lonely child (d) teach with kindness
- 25.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “sort parcels all night” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 26.🤝 Who should make the big decisions about a robot’s work? (a) a random number (b) nobody (c) the robot itself (d) people
- 27.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) teach with kindness (b) lift very heavy parts (c) make up a new song (d) cheer up a lonely child
- 28.True or false: “weld 1000 car doors” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) explore the deep sea (b) cheer up a lonely child (c) judge what is fair (d) make a new friend
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) measure parts exactly (b) judge what is fair (c) make a new friend (d) invent a new game
- 31.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “weld 1000 car doors” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 32.True or false: “cheer up a lonely child” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “measure parts exactly” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “crawl in narrow pipes” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spray crops evenly (b) make up a new song (c) cheer up a lonely child (d) make a new friend
- 36.True or false: “weld 1000 car doors” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “judge what is fair” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 38.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “repeat one task all day” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 39.True or false: “lift very heavy parts” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “write a funny story” (a) a person (b) a robot
Answer key
- dull, dirty or dangerous
- make up a new song
- invent a new game
- a robot
- True
- True
- no, it has no feelings
- True
- search a smoky building
- measure parts exactly
- write a funny story
- False
- work in great heat
- True
- cheer up a lonely child
- a person
- comfort a sad friend
- True
- each does its best part
- a person
- a robot
- teach with kindness
- judge what is fair
- spray crops evenly
- a robot
- people
- lift very heavy parts
- True
- explore the deep sea
- measure parts exactly
- a robot
- False
- False
- False
- spray crops evenly
- False
- a person
- a robot
- True
- a person
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