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