Thames & Kosmos ROBOT FACTORY, Instructions Manual

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Done!
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. A robot with skis for feet was zooming
down the slope.
“This is Ski-Bot,” explained Milton. “It can slide down
the slope well enough, but when it gets to the bottom, it
just gets stuck.”
“I have an idea,” said Karlie. “If
we add a gear and a crank to
the back, we can make the
skis move back and forth,
which will allow the robot
to ski forward on flat
ground.” The kids got to
work on the upgrades.