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