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