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