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