Thames & Kosmos ROBOT FACTORY, Instructions Manual

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SKI-BOT
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Done!
Choose the eye stickers
from the sticker sheet.
Use on a slightly sloped surface.
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
which change the direction
of motion of the motor
shaft. The second is a
crank mechanism attached
to the medium gear in the
back, which converts the circular rotating motion
of the gear to a back-and-forth motion of the skis.
Look closely at the model in action to see how
this works.
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