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