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