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.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “plan a birthday party” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 2.True or false: “repeat one task all day” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) search a smoky building (b) write a funny story (c) crawl in narrow pipes (d) weld 1000 car doors
- 4.🤝 Who should make the big decisions about a robot’s work? (a) a random number (b) the robot itself (c) people (d) nobody
- 5.True or false: “comfort a sad friend” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) judge what is fair (b) cheer up a lonely child (c) plan a birthday party (d) lift very heavy parts
- 7.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “make a new friend” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 8.True or false: “comfort a sad friend” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) work in great heat (b) teach with kindness (c) invent a new game (d) make a new friend
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) invent a new game (b) repeat one task all day (c) plan a birthday party (d) teach with kindness
- 11.True or false: “judge what is fair” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explore the deep sea (b) weld 1000 car doors (c) comfort a sad friend (d) lift very heavy parts
- 13.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “weld 1000 car doors” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teach with kindness (b) choose a gift for mum (c) measure parts exactly (d) plan a birthday party
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeat one task all day (b) plan a birthday party (c) lift very heavy parts (d) crawl in narrow pipes
- 16.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “sort parcels all night” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comfort a sad friend (b) make up a new song (c) explore the deep sea (d) write a funny story
- 18.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “repeat one task all day” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) work in great heat (b) comfort a sad friend (c) judge what is fair (d) invent a new game
- 20.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “spray crops evenly” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 21.True or false: “spray crops evenly” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “explore the deep sea” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 23.True or false: “search a smoky building” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “invent a new game” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “work in great heat” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 26.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) cheer up a lonely child (b) search a smoky building (c) plan a birthday party (d) comfort a sad friend
- 27.True or false: “explore the deep sea” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🤝 Why do people and robots often work as a team? (a) each does its best part (b) robots need friends (c) people are robots (d) robots get bored
- 29.True or false: “repeat one task all day” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “lift very heavy parts” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 31.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) judge what is fair (b) write a funny story (c) crawl in narrow pipes (d) comfort a sad friend
- 32.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “comfort a sad friend” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crawl in narrow pipes (b) make up a new song (c) write a funny story (d) comfort a sad friend
- 34.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) make a new friend (b) judge what is fair (c) spray crops evenly (d) teach with kindness
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spray crops evenly (b) measure parts exactly (c) judge what is fair (d) lift very heavy parts
- 36.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “invent a new game” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 37.True or false: “measure parts exactly” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) choose a gift for mum (b) invent a new game (c) spray crops evenly (d) comfort a sad friend
- 39.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) work in great heat (b) sort parcels all night (c) comfort a sad friend (d) repeat one task all day
- 40.🤝 Robots are most useful for jobs that are … (a) kind and caring (b) about feelings (c) fun and creative (d) dull, dirty or dangerous
Answer key
- a person
- False
- write a funny story
- people
- True
- lift very heavy parts
- a person
- False
- work in great heat
- repeat one task all day
- True
- comfort a sad friend
- a robot
- measure parts exactly
- plan a birthday party
- a robot
- explore the deep sea
- a robot
- work in great heat
- a robot
- True
- a robot
- True
- True
- a robot
- search a smoky building
- False
- each does its best part
- True
- a robot
- crawl in narrow pipes
- a person
- crawl in narrow pipes
- spray crops evenly
- judge what is fair
- a person
- True
- spray crops evenly
- comfort a sad friend
- dull, dirty or dangerous
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