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- Page 1 Story and Instructions...
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Page 2: Choking Hazard
Read the story with your child and build simple models of the wacky WARNING: robots that the characters encounter in the robot factory. As you follow the story, your child can build Close Open CHOKING HAZARD —... - Page 3 Story by Dan Freitas and Ted McGuire Illustrations by James Harmon 567016-02-180220...
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Page 4: Kit Contents
Robot Factory › › › KIT CONTENTS Checklist: Find – Inspect – Check off What’s inside your kit: Description Qty. Item No. Short anchor pin 7344-W10-C2S Joint pin 7413-W10-T1S2 Long joint pin 7413-W10-U1S Shaft plug 7026-W10-H1S1 90-degree converter X 7061-W10-X1S2... - Page 5 Ty and Karlie Omega are siblings. They live in a small city Ty loves figuring out how things work. Karlie loves building called Makersville. Ty and Karlie’s dad is a writer. He writes things. science fiction stories. Their mom is a mechanical engineer. When Ty and Karlie were little, Ms.
- Page 6 Ty and Karlie’s Robot Factory Adventure Began Here . . . It was a beautiful day in Makersville, and Ty “That would be wonderful,” replied Milton. and Karlie were especially excited. Ms. Omega “This robot here is supposed to walk on two had arranged for them to visit a real robot legs but it’s missing the rods on its feet that...
- Page 7 Robot Factory WALKER-BOT Axle hole gear Round hole gear Stickers Round hole gear...
- Page 8 Robot Factory Done! Choose the eye stickers from the sticker sheet. Use the model on a flat surface. The model of the Walker-Bot has two rods that project inward from each foot. The rods give each foot a large, rectangular surface area.
- Page 9 After fixing the Walker-Bot, Milton guided Ty and Karlie into the robot factory. They walked down a long metal hallway and entered a room that had a snowcapped mountain pictured on the door. The room was very large and had an indoor ski slope in the middle.
- Page 10 Robot Factory SKI-BOT Round hole gear 6-hole cube block 6-hole cube block Stickers 6-hole cube block...
- Page 11 Robot Factory...
- Page 12 Robot Factory SKI-BOT Choose the eye stickers from the sticker sheet. The model of the Ski-Bot has two cool features that enable its skis to slide back and forth in a linear motion. The first is a gear train with bevel gears...
- Page 13 The new and improved Ski-Bot “So ... yes ... well, here is Drill- worked very well. It skied around Bot,” said Milton, after the initial the room. Milton clapped happily. shock had worn off. Just then, they heard a loud “It looks like the gear trains on whirring sound and another robot its sides broke when it crashed...
- Page 14 Robot Factory DRILL-BOT Round hole gear Round hole gear Axle hole gear Stickers The green circles Axle hole gear denote the order of assembly. 6-hole cube block...
- Page 15 Robot Factory 6-hole cube block Choose the eye stickers from the 10 mm sticker sheet. 6-hole cube block The model of the Drill-Bot has long rods attached to 6-hole cube block two medium gears on each side of the motor box. As...
- Page 16 Ty and Karlie got the Drill-Bot back into “I think it’s just stuck,” said Karlie. “Here, working order and it walked off. Milton we just need to loosen these gears on the led them into another room, where a robot side a little bit.”...
- Page 17 Robot Factory PIRATE-BOT Round hole gear Stickers Round hole gear Choose the eye stickers from the sticker sheet.
- Page 18 Robot Factory 6-hole cube block 6-hole cube block The model of the Pirate-Bot has gears connected to its arms which move the arms back and forth. Watch the speed of the small and medium gears closely. Which one moves faster? The small gear moves faster because it has half the number of teeth.
- Page 19 Pleased with all the progress they were making, Milton brought Ty and Karlie into another room, where a giant robot loomed above them. “This robot is having some trouble walking,” said Milton. The robot was wiggling from side to side. “I see the problem.
- Page 20 Robot Factory JOGGER-BOT Round hole gear Round hole gear Stickers 6-hole cube Choose the eye stickers from the 6-hole cube sticker sheet.
- Page 21 Robot Factory...
- Page 22 Robot Factory 6-hole cube 6-hole cube Axle hole gear Done! Axle hole gear The arms on the model of the Jogger-Bot are not connected to the motor. Instead, each arm just swings freely back and forth like a pendulum, propelled by the motion of the legs.
- Page 23 Jogger-Bot carried Ty and Karlie into the next room, as Milton ran behind them. The robot had already let the kids off and jogged away down the hall when Milton arrived. “Ah, I see you’ve found Stomp-Bot,” said Milton, catching his breath.
- Page 24 Robot Factory STOMP-BOT Stickers Round hole gear Choose the eye stickers from the sticker sheet. Round hole gear Axle hole gear Axle hole gear...
- Page 25 Robot Factory 6-hole cube...
- Page 26 Robot Factory 6-hole cube The model of the Stomp-Bot shows how having four legs instead of two can lead to a much more stable walking Done! machine. In this model, two of the four legs are always on the ground at any one time.
- Page 27 Ty and Karlie pretended to be Stomp-Bot as they stomped down the hallway proudly. Milton showed them into yet another room. “This is Slider-Bot,” said Milton. “It just keeps falling over.” The robot tried to move, and instead fell flat on its face.
- Page 28 Robot Factory SLIDER-BOT 6-hole cube 6-hole cube Stickers Axle hole gear Axle hole gear 6-hole cube Choose the eye stickers from the sticker sheet. 6-hole cube...
- Page 29 Robot Factory First connect the red lines, then the blue. Round hole gear The green circle denotes a subassembly used later. Save the subassembly until it is called First connect the red for again in the lines, then the blue.
- Page 30 Finally, Karlie, Ty, and Milton arrived at the conveyor belt of ice cream cones for the robot final room in the factory. A robot with large to pick up and hand out to people. arms was practicing hitting a punching bag. But on the first trial, the robot’s arms moved “This is Boxer-Bot,”...
- Page 31 Robot Factory BOXER-BOT Round hole gear Round hole gear Stickers Choose the eye stickers from the sticker sheet.
- Page 32 Robot Factory 6-hole cube block 6-hole cube block...
- Page 33 Robot Factory 6-hole cube block Done! The model of the Boxer-Bot moves its arms back and forth in a repetitive motion. The model has gear wheels which turn crankshafts, which are connected to other rods with rotating joints. This type of setup is called a linkage, where two or more movable rods are linked together.
- Page 34 The kids made adjustments to the “You’re welcome!” replied Karlie. Boxer-Bot so that it served ice cream “Anytime!” said Ty. “Especially if at a normal speed. there’s ice cream involved.” “Whew! I am so relieved to have all of Ty and Karlie were both holding an ice these robots back in working order,”...
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