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) a random number (c) the robot itself (d) people
- 2.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) search a smoky building (b) measure parts exactly (c) teach with kindness (d) work in great heat
- 3.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “weld 1000 car doors” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 4.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “work in great heat” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 5.True or false: “measure parts exactly” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) explore the deep sea (b) crawl in narrow pipes (c) measure parts exactly (d) invent a new game
- 7.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “invent a new game” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 8.True or false: “write a funny story” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “plan a birthday party” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: “make a new friend” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “make up a new song” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 12.🤝 Robots are most useful for jobs that are … (a) kind and caring (b) fun and creative (c) about feelings (d) dull, dirty or dangerous
- 13.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) make a new friend (b) measure parts exactly (c) judge what is fair (d) invent a new game
- 14.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “write a funny story” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 15.True or false: “teach with kindness” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “repeat one task all day” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 17.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “explore the deep sea” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 18.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “search a smoky building” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 19.🤝 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
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comfort a sad friend (b) spray crops evenly (c) invent a new game (d) judge what is fair
- 21.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “crawl in narrow pipes” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comfort a sad friend (b) make a new friend (c) plan a birthday party (d) weld 1000 car doors
- 23.True or false: “cheer up a lonely child” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “choose a gift for mum” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 25.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) work in great heat (b) weld 1000 car doors (c) crawl in narrow pipes (d) cheer up a lonely child
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make a new friend (b) measure parts exactly (c) write a funny story (d) teach with kindness
- 27.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) repeat one task all day (b) crawl in narrow pipes (c) write a funny story (d) measure parts exactly
- 28.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “sort parcels all night” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make up a new song (b) weld 1000 car doors (c) lift very heavy parts (d) repeat one task all day
- 30.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) comfort a sad friend (b) make up a new song (c) judge what is fair (d) lift very heavy parts
- 31.🤝 Can a robot truly feel happy or sad like a person? (a) no, it has no feelings (b) yes, when charged (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, always
- 32.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “spray crops evenly” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 33.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “lift very heavy parts” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 34.True or false: “crawl in narrow pipes” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “repeat one task all day” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) comfort a sad friend (b) lift very heavy parts (c) measure parts exactly (d) work in great heat
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) invent a new game (b) make up a new song (c) search a smoky building (d) teach with kindness
- 38.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “make a new friend” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 39.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “cheer up a lonely child” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 40.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “plan a birthday party” (a) a person (b) a robot
Answer key
- people
- teach with kindness
- a robot
- a robot
- False
- invent a new game
- a person
- True
- True
- False
- a person
- dull, dirty or dangerous
- measure parts exactly
- a person
- True
- a robot
- a robot
- a robot
- each does its best part
- spray crops evenly
- a robot
- weld 1000 car doors
- True
- a person
- cheer up a lonely child
- measure parts exactly
- write a funny story
- a robot
- make up a new song
- lift very heavy parts
- no, it has no feelings
- a robot
- a robot
- True
- True
- comfort a sad friend
- search a smoky building
- a person
- a person
- a person
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