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