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