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