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