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  • Page 1 Bionic Elephant Trunk Assembly Instructions...
  • Page 2 14. Template for distance plates (available in the Downloads section on Bionics4education.com) 15. Flexible distance keepers (foam) - cut into pieces to be used between the distance plates. The distance keepers require a hole in the middle. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 3 Equipment and Supplies, continued Additionally required: 4-AA batteries Scissors Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 4: Start Here

    To assemble a tail fin, attach the small support pieces to the inside of the fin using the shorter screws, nuts, and tools. Repeat for the other tail fin. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 5 Downloads section on the bionics4education website) and draw six or more distance holders on the plate material. Cut out the plates with scissors and cut out the four holes marked on the template. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 6 Required items: adapter, 2 distance plates, 3 distance keepers Start by threading a distance plate. Then thread one distance keeper onto each cable tie and then another distance plate is threaded on. distance plate distance keeper adapter Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 7 Continue to thread the distance plates and distance keepers alternately until the material is used up, or the length of the cable ties is no longer sufficient. End with a distance plate. The trunk should consist of about 6 layers. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 8 Shorten the cable ties, if necessary. Pass the servo motors' connector cables through the hole at the base of the three arms. bottom view top view Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 9 Thread the 3-armed holder onto the last distance plate at the end of the trunk by passing the blue tube through the hole in the middle of the holder. The smaller opening points in the direction of the trunk and the servo motors in the other direction. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 10 Required items: 3 cable ties Attach each of the three cable ties that you guided through the rudder horns to the rudder horn with an additional cable tie. Shorten the cable ties. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 11 (through the blue tube). Secure the cable tie to the bottom of the 3-armed holder using a cable tie as a stop. Attach the two springs to the gripper adapter. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 12 Required items: servo motor (waterproof), 1 cable tie, connecting element Attach the waterproof servo motor on the holder inside the connecting element and fasten it with a cable tie. Shorten the cable tie. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 13 Pass the inner cable tie through one side of the rudder horn of the waterproof servo motor. Attach it from the other side with another cable tie. Shorten the cable tie, if necessary. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 14 Insert 4 batteries, 2 on each side of the electronic board with microcontroller. Required items: 4 servo motors, electronic board with microcontroller Insert the plugs from each of the 4 servo motors onto the electronic board with microcontroller. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 15 Make sure that the switch is still on and all connections are secure. Required items: transparent corpus (body), connecting element Attach the connecting element to the transparent corpus. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...
  • Page 16 Congratulations! Your Bionic Elephant is ready. Continue with the next steps in the Getting Started section on the bionics4education website to learn how to control your bionic robot. Festo AG & KG Festo Didactic SE...