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