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