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