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