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