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