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