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