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  • Page 1 ROBOTICS # 7409 MODELS AGES PIECES...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    › › › TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ..................... 1 Kit Contents ....................... 2 Safety Information ..................3 MODELS Geckobot ........................4 How to operate the geckobot ................15 Industrial robot arm ..................17 Suction tow truck ....................19 Suction gun ......................21 Inch worm ......................
  • Page 3 What’s inside your experiment kit: Checklist: Find – Inspect – Check off No. Description Qty. Item No. No. Description Qty. Item No. B-short peg C-60mm axle II 7344-W10-C2Y 7413-W10-M1D C-long peg C-70mm axle II 7061-W10-C1O 7061-W10-Q1D C-axle connector 1156-W10-A1R C-20t gear 7026-W10-D2S C-tube bolt 7404-W10-G1O...

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    The geckobot and other models in this kit have many moving › › › SAFETY INFORMATION parts. Please always be careful that fingers, hair, other body parts, or delicate objects are not harmed by or pinched between the moving parts (e.g., in the linkage of the suction gun). Handle the models carefully.
  • Page 5 GECKOBOT Model Geckobot Parts Needed 10 x 10 x 10 x 4 x 12 x 4 x 6 x Body units: Steps through Repeat steps 1 through 18 x 8 twice to build two copies of this body unit. Side view 6 cm Actual size...
  • Page 6 Actual size 7 cm Geckobot Model Legs: Steps through Repeat steps 9 through 15 twice to attach two legs to each body unit. Assemble two feet. Pull Up TIP! When one of the suction cups is stuck to a surface and you want to release it, pull one of the small yellow tabs on the suction cup, rather than trying to pull the whole model.

  • Page 7: Models Geckobot

    Model Geckobot Top view Side view Top view Note the orientation of the feet. One is in front and the other is in back.
  • Page 8 On/Off Switch Geckobot Model Motor The geckobot’s walking direction is dictated Zero by the motor. It is important to install the point motor unit in the correct orientation in the model. The battery compartment cover should be facing the tail of the geckobot. The power switch is closer to the head.
  • Page 9 Model Geckobot Top view TIP! At this point, you should make sure that the geckobot’s legs can rotate through a complete rotation. Make sure that the axles that attach the legs to the body are not sticking out too far and blocking the rotation of the legs.
  • Page 10 Geckobot Model Press the pump down before assembling. Aligning the legs for smooth walking Follow the diagram below to correctly orient the legs with each other and the red cams on each side. The legs and cams have to be aligned or else the geckobot will not walk or stick to the surfaces.
  • Page 11 Pear cams Model Geckobot These Pear cams control when the pressure is released in the suction cups. When the tip presses on the valve and opens it, the suction cups lose their pressure. These two tips must be placed on the axle so that Pear one tip is rotated...
  • Page 12 Geckobot Model Head: Steps through Side view Choose a pair of eye stickers.
  • Page 13 Model Geckobot Tail: Steps through You must cut the tube into segments of the indicated lengths. Use a ruler or measuring tape and scissors. Attach the head. 9-cm tube 9-cm tube 9-cm tube 9-cm tube 20-cm tube Top view Run the tube through the joint pin.
  • Page 14 Model Geckobot Underside Attach the tail. Connecting the tubes: Steps through When the tubes are inserted, the geckobot’s suction cup feet will start to stick to the table. You can put the model on a piece of paper or fabric to keep it from sticking. 17-cm tube 27-cm tube...
  • Page 15 Model Geckobot 15-cm tube 20-cm tube 15-cm tube 20-cm tube...

  • Page 16: How To Operate The Geckobot

    How to operate the geckobot Done! 17-cm tube 27-cm tube TIP! When one of the suction cups is stuck to a surface and you want to release it, pull one of the small yellow tabs on the suction pad, rather than trying to pull the whole model. How to operate the geckobot Make sure the suction cups are clean.
  • Page 17 If necessary, adjust the pear cams. Use the peg remover tool to How to operate the geckobot remove the 7-hole round rod on the top of the model. Then adjust the top pear cam shaft to the correct position, as shown here and described on page 9.
  • Page 18 INDUSTRIAL ROBOT ARM Model Industrial robot arm Parts Needed 10 x 9 x 10 x 2 x 3 x Flip over Flip over Flip over...

  • Page 19: Industrial Robot Arm

    Model Industrial robot arm 20-cm tube WHAT’S HAPPENING Position the suction cup over a sheet of thin plastic. Turn the power on with the switch. The motor turns the mechanical Sheet of linkage that forms the arm of the model. The arm drops thin downward and the suction cup engages the sheet of plastic.

  • Page 20: Suction Tow Truck

    SUCTION TOW TRUCK Suction tow truck Model Parts Needed Car: Steps through 9 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 1 x 9-cm tube Tow Truck: Steps through...
  • Page 21 Model Suction tow truck 20-cm tube Done! WHAT’S HAPPENING Back the tow truck up and extend its arm to attach its suction pad to the car’s suction pad, squeezing the air out. The low air pressure in between the two suction cups keeps the models attached together until you release the pressure by pressing the button on the suction release valve.
  • Page 22 SUCTION GUN Suction gun Model Parts Needed Side view 10 x 9 x 5 x 6 x 2 x 20-cm tube...

  • Page 23: Suction Gun

    Model Suction gun Side view Side view Done! WHAT’S HAPPENING Turn on the power. The arm consists of 27-cm Side view a linkage that expands and contracts as tube the motor turns. Aim the gun at a flat sheet of plastic and try to pick it up with the suction pad.

  • Page 24: Inch Worm

    INCH WORM Inch worm Model Parts Needed 10 x 10 x 9-cm tubes How to replace the batteries WHAT’S HAPPENING Done! Turn on the motor and the inch worm inches along the table. The linkage turns the rotating motion from the motor into the back-and-forth motion of the inch worm’s body, which pulls the model forward.

  • Page 25: Smartphone Holder

    SMARTPHONE HOLDER Model Smartphone holder Parts Needed 10 x 15-cm tube Done! Stick a smartphone onto the suction cup. WHAT’S HAPPENING One suction cup is used to attach your smartphone to the holder. The other three suction cups secure the holder to the table.

  • Page 26: Ellipsograph

    ELLIPSOGRAPH Ellipsograph Model Parts Needed 10 x Insert marker Pull here 15-cm here. WHAT’S HAPPENING tube You can use the ellipsograph to draw a perfect ellipse on a piece of paper. The arm motion is constrained along two perpendicular tracks, causing the tip of the arm where the marker is attached to always Done! follow an elliptical path.
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  • Page 28 © 2020 Genius Toy Taiwan Co., Ltd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED R21#7409-2...

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