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