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