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