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