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) people are robots (b) robots get bored (c) each does its best part (d) robots need friends
- 2.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) cheer up a lonely child (b) judge what is fair (c) write a funny story (d) repeat one task all day
- 3.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “explore the deep sea” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 4.True or false: “make up a new song” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “spray crops evenly” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “lift very heavy parts” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 7.True or false: “judge what is fair” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🤝 Robots are most useful for jobs that are … (a) kind and caring (b) dull, dirty or dangerous (c) about feelings (d) fun and creative
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) work in great heat (b) write a funny story (c) repeat one task all day (d) explore the deep sea
- 10.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) explore the deep sea (b) work in great heat (c) lift very heavy parts (d) make up a new song
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sort parcels all night (b) teach with kindness (c) search a smoky building (d) measure parts exactly
- 12.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “measure parts exactly” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 13.True or false: “sort parcels all night” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) search a smoky building (b) choose a gift for mum (c) make a new friend (d) comfort a sad friend
- 15.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “make up a new song” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 16.🤝 Who should make the big decisions about a robot’s work? (a) a random number (b) people (c) nobody (d) the robot itself
- 17.True or false: “teach with kindness” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “work in great heat” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) judge what is fair (b) choose a gift for mum (c) make a new friend (d) crawl in narrow pipes
- 20.True or false: “plan a birthday party” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) plan a birthday party (b) write a funny story (c) spray crops evenly (d) make up a new song
- 22.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) crawl in narrow pipes (b) choose a gift for mum (c) write a funny story (d) comfort a sad friend
- 23.True or false: “crawl in narrow pipes” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) weld 1000 car doors (b) measure parts exactly (c) invent a new game (d) spray crops evenly
- 25.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) write a funny story (b) make a new friend (c) sort parcels all night (d) cheer up a lonely child
- 26.True or false: “repeat one task all day” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) weld 1000 car doors (b) lift very heavy parts (c) explore the deep sea (d) make up a new song
- 28.True or false: “explore the deep sea” is a job robots do well. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “crawl in narrow pipes” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “make up a new song” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) search a smoky building (b) explore the deep sea (c) weld 1000 car doors (d) cheer up a lonely child
- 32.True or false: “work in great heat” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) choose a gift for mum (b) explore the deep sea (c) write a funny story (d) invent a new game
- 34.True or false: “sort parcels all night” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “lift very heavy parts” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “judge what is fair” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 37.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) weld 1000 car doors (b) measure parts exactly (c) sort parcels all night (d) judge what is fair
- 38.True or false: “teach with kindness” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “repeat one task all day” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 40.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “write a funny story” (a) a robot (b) a person
Answer key
- each does its best part
- repeat one task all day
- a robot
- False
- False
- a robot
- False
- dull, dirty or dangerous
- write a funny story
- make up a new song
- teach with kindness
- a robot
- True
- search a smoky building
- a person
- people
- True
- a robot
- crawl in narrow pipes
- True
- spray crops evenly
- crawl in narrow pipes
- True
- invent a new game
- sort parcels all night
- False
- make up a new song
- True
- False
- True
- cheer up a lonely child
- True
- explore the deep sea
- False
- False
- a person
- judge what is fair
- False
- a robot
- a person
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