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