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