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