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