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