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