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