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