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