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