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