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- Page 1 E X PE R I M E NT M A N UA L Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com...
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Page 2: Safety Information
The electronic components of this product We wish you and your child a lot of fun with the are recyclable. For the sake of the Tumbling Hedgehog! environment, do not throw them into the household trash at the end of their lifespan. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
› › › TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety Information ........Inside front cover Table of Contents ............... 1 Equipment ................. 2 Tumbling Hedgehog Comic: Part 1 ........3 Assembly Instructions ............7 Handling the Robot ............31 Using the Robot ............... 32 Tumbling Hedgehog Comic: Part 2 ........ -
Page 4: Equipment
› › › KIT CONTENTS What’s inside your experiment kit: Checklist: Find — Inspect — Check Off Description Quantity Description Quantity Small gear, white Metal block Gear, yellow Metal cylinder Gear, black Battery compartment Gear, green with connection cable Gear, red Motor with connection cable Gear with metal shaft 2 Flexible connectors (+2 as spare parts) -
Page 5: Tumbling Hedgehog Comic: Part 1
ADVENTURE COMIC... - Page 8 Continued on page 36...
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Page 9: Assembly Instructions
Assembly Instructions TRANSMISSION MODULE Press the rods in P9x2 (yellow) (yellow) (black) black (yellow) (red) (green) (short) press PUSH down... - Page 10 TRANSMISSION MODULE View from above View from View from View from View from above above above above (green) (yellow) (Gelb) (green) (green) (green) (green) (yellow) (Gelb) (white) (yellow) (yellow) (yellow) (Gelb) (Gelb) (yellow) (Gelb) (white) (yellow) (white) (white) (white) (yellow) (yellow) (yellow) (black)
- Page 11 Assembly Instructions Lay the cable so that the pen mark lines up Lay the cable so that the pen mark lines up with the dashed line. Lay the cable so that the pen mark lines up with the dashed line. Lay the cable so that the pen mark lines up with the dashed line.
- Page 12 TRANSMISSION MODULE Click Click P7x3 P7x3 Click Click Testing the transmission module Connect the two cables to the circuit 1. Hold down the black button on the board for Connect the two cables to the circuit 1. Hold down the black button on the board for board as shown in the picture.
- Page 13 Assembly Instructions RUNNING AND MOVEMENT MECHANICS...
- Page 14 RUNNING AND MOVEMENT MECHANICS Please pay attention to the Please pay attention to the Please pay attention to the Please pay attention to the correct alignment of the spring. correct alignment of the spring. correct alignment of the spring. correct alignment of the spring.
- Page 15 Assembly Instructions Remove any Remove any Remove any Remove any plastic burrs plastic burrs plastic burrs plastic burrs before before before before assembly. assembly. assembly. assembly. Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr P7x2 P7x2 P7x2 P7x2...
- Page 16 RUNNING AND MOVEMENT MECHANICS Click Press Click Click Press Press (long) (long) (long)
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- Page 18 RUNNING AND MOVEMENT MECHANICS Remove any plastic burrs before assembly. Burr Burr Click Remove any plastic burrs before assembly. Burr Burr B9x2 Remove any plastic burrs before assembly. Burr Burr...
- Page 19 Assembly Instructions Remove any plastic burrs before assembly. Remove any Burr plastic burrs before assembly. Burr Burr Burr...
- Page 20 RUNNING AND MOVEMENT MECHANICS...
- Page 21 Assembly Instructions Remove the part! Remove the part! Remove the part! Remove the part! Remove the part! Remove the part!
- Page 22 OUTER SHELL Please note that the marked holes in D6 and D7 are not round. Connect A3 so that the ends fit exactly in the holes. Remove any plastic burrs before Burr assembly. Shell part 1...
- Page 23 Assembly Instructions Shell part 2...
- Page 24 OUTER SHELL Shell part 3...
- Page 25 Assembly Instructions Shell part 2 Shell part 3 Shell part 2 Shell part 3 Shell part 1 Shell part 1 The two strips are different. Pay attention to the correct positioning. The two strips are different. Pay attention to the correct positioning. B8x4 B8x4 Carefully remove...
- Page 26 OUTER SHELL Before assembling, remove the section of part C34 marked with the number, shown in blue below. Shell part 1 Click Click Shell part 2 Shell part 3 Click Click Click Click Click Click...
- Page 27 Assembly Instructions Be careful to do this step Be careful to do this step Be careful to do this step exactly as instructed. exactly as instructed. exactly as instructed. Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Before assembling, Before assembling, Before assembling, Click...
- Page 28 OUTER SHELL Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Before assembling, remove the section Before assembling, of part C33 marked remove the section with the number, Click of part C33 marked Click shown in blue here. with the number, Click Click shown in blue here.
- Page 29 Assembly Instructions HEAD...
- Page 30 HEAD P7x2 P7x2 P7x2 P7x2...
- Page 31 Assembly Instructions Click Click Click...
- Page 32 HEAD Done!
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Page 33: Handling The Robot
Handling the Robot HANDLING THE ROBOT Appropriate care and handling So that you may have fun with your robotic hedgehog for as long as possible, you should remember some things: When you pick up the hedgehog, hold it as shown in the pictures. To avoid injury, never If the hedgehog ends The hedgehog works... -
Page 34: Using The Robot
USING THE ROBOT 1. Power on and standby mode To turn your robotic hedgehog on, simply hold down the button on its forehead for two seconds. The hedgehog’s eyes will then start to flash green. Now it is in standby mode 1. - Page 35 Name des Kastens Using the Robot Operating the Robot Long press the button for 2 seconds. LED light will gradually go off, followed by the Hedgehog The hedgehog robot can run like a real hedgehog rolling into a ball. By now the Hedgehog is completely powered off. and curl up.
- Page 36 Examples: Press the button once – LED (green & Redo (press the button again) – LED Redo (press the button again) – LED USING THE ROBOT SINGLE Funway Funw ROLLOVER Mode 1: Roll backward and sleep To activate mode 1, the hedgehog robot must be in standby mode.
- Page 37 Examples: 1. Long press the button for 2 seconds. The Hedgehog's LED eyes (green) will light up. Press the button once – LED (green & orange) light up Name des Kastens Using the Robot Goes into 2. LED flashes Enter ”Standby” phase Select playing modes.
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Page 38: Tumbling Hedgehog Comic: Part 2
› › › AUSSTATTUNG... - Page 39 Name des Kastens ADVENTURE COMIC Comic part 2 P.2...
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Page 40: Replacing The Batteries
entered “ stand by ” mode and be able to operate normally. entered “ stand by ” mode and be able to operate normally. Scenario 2 Scenario 2 There is still surplus electricity in the batteries. Regardless of current shape of the hedgehog (rolled u There is still surplus electricity in the batteries. -
Page 41: Troubleshooting
Replacing the Batteries and Troubleshooting llow TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting If the robot does not work as expected, check the following notes to detect and fix any problems. Make sure the batteries are inserted correctly. See page 8, step 3. Make sure all cables are connected correctly. See page 29, step 7. - Page 42 DIGGING DEEPER...
- Page 43 Kosmos Quality and Safety More than one hundred years of expertise in publishing science experiment kits stand behind every product that bears the Kosmos name. Kosmos experiment kits are designed by an experienced team of specialists and tested with the utmost care during development and production.