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.True or false: “write a funny story” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: “search a smoky building” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🤝 Why do people and robots often work as a team? (a) robots need friends (b) each does its best part (c) people are robots (d) robots get bored
- 4.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “cheer up a lonely child” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 5.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “invent a new game” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 6.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “measure parts exactly” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sort parcels all night (b) weld 1000 car doors (c) explore the deep sea (d) comfort a sad friend
- 8.🤝 Robots are most useful for jobs that are … (a) about feelings (b) fun and creative (c) kind and caring (d) dull, dirty or dangerous
- 9.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) work in great heat (b) lift very heavy parts (c) choose a gift for mum (d) spray crops evenly
- 10.True or false: “weld 1000 car doors” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) judge what is fair (b) teach with kindness (c) repeat one task all day (d) write a funny story
- 12.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “weld 1000 car doors” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 13.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) crawl in narrow pipes (b) sort parcels all night (c) make up a new song (d) measure parts exactly
- 14.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “lift very heavy parts” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 15.True or false: “lift very heavy parts” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🤝 Who should make the big decisions about a robot’s work? (a) nobody (b) a random number (c) the robot itself (d) people
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) plan a birthday party (b) spray crops evenly (c) explore the deep sea (d) search a smoky building
- 18.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) write a funny story (b) explore the deep sea (c) crawl in narrow pipes (d) sort parcels all night
- 19.True or false: “make a new friend” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “make up a new song” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 21.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “make a new friend” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 22.True or false: “choose a gift for mum” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) judge what is fair (b) sort parcels all night (c) cheer up a lonely child (d) plan a birthday party
- 24.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “crawl in narrow pipes” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 25.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) cheer up a lonely child (b) plan a birthday party (c) invent a new game (d) sort parcels all night
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spray crops evenly (b) sort parcels all night (c) invent a new game (d) explore the deep sea
- 27.True or false: “teach with kindness” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make up a new song (b) spray crops evenly (c) plan a birthday party (d) cheer up a lonely child
- 29.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) invent a new game (b) work in great heat (c) write a funny story (d) make up a new song
- 30.True or false: “sort parcels all night” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) teach with kindness (b) spray crops evenly (c) lift very heavy parts (d) explore the deep sea
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) search a smoky building (b) teach with kindness (c) explore the deep sea (d) repeat one task all day
- 33.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) weld 1000 car doors (b) make a new friend (c) judge what is fair (d) write a funny story
- 34.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “search a smoky building” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 35.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “plan a birthday party” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 36.True or false: “judge what is fair” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) crawl in narrow pipes (b) comfort a sad friend (c) measure parts exactly (d) explore the deep sea
- 38.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “repeat one task all day” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 39.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) search a smoky building
- 40.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “teach with kindness” (a) a robot (b) a person
Answer key
- False
- False
- each does its best part
- a person
- a person
- a robot
- comfort a sad friend
- dull, dirty or dangerous
- choose a gift for mum
- False
- repeat one task all day
- a robot
- make up a new song
- a robot
- True
- people
- plan a birthday party
- write a funny story
- False
- a person
- a person
- False
- sort parcels all night
- a robot
- sort parcels all night
- invent a new game
- False
- spray crops evenly
- work in great heat
- False
- teach with kindness
- teach with kindness
- weld 1000 car doors
- a robot
- a person
- False
- comfort a sad friend
- a robot
- judge what is fair
- a person
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