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620302-03-1

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Experiment Manual

I can walk  

a tightrope!  

Wow!

Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany   |    +49 (0) 711 2191-0    |   www.kosmos.de 

Thames & Kosmos, 89 Ship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA    |   1-800-587-2872    |   www.thamesandkosmos.com 

Thames & Kosmos UK LP, 20 Stone Street, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3HE , UK   |   01580 713000    |   www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk

Summary of Contents for Tightrope-Walking Gyrobot

Page 1: ...anckh Kosmos Verlags GmbH Co KG Pfizerstr 5 7 70184 Stuttgart Germany 49 0 711 2191 0 www kosmos de Thames Kosmos 89 Ship St Providence RI 02903 USA 1 800 587 2872 www thamesandkosmos com Thames Kosmo...

Page 2: ...pin red 6 702527 13 Joint pin blue 2 717768 14 Anchor pin lever yellow 1 702590 15 Pivot anchor pin gray 2 620302Y 16 5 hole cross rod gray 2 620302Z YOU WILL ALSO NEED 3 AAA batteries 1 5 volt type L...

Page 3: ...ormation 2 AWord to Parents and Adults 3 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS START ON PAGE 8 Gyrobot Comic Part 1 4 Gyrobot Assembly 8 Using the Gyrobot 12 Gyrobot Comic Part 2 14 Check It Out How Does the Gyrobot...

Page 4: ...geable nickel cadmium batteries The batteries are to be inserted with the correct polarity Press them gently into the battery compartment see page 12 Non rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged...

Page 5: ...ts The gyrobot is kept in balance by a motorized internal spinning gyroscope which has to reach operating speed after it is turned on before the robot can safely balance Make sure that your child does...

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Page 7: ...THER PEOPLE JUST SEE JUNK HEROES SEE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES THE THRUST MUST BE INCREASED BY FACTOR 10 I FOUND SOMETHING WE NEED MORE BOOST HMM THAT COULD WORK AS LONG AS IT ISN T BROKEN DON T WORRY THI...

Page 8: ...HANICS TOM ON THE OTHER HAND IS A SCIENTIST THROUGH AND THROUGH TOGETHER THEY CAN BUILD ANYTHING I THINK IT S READY HE S ALWAYS GAME TO TRY OUT AN EXPERIMENT YES WE DID IT NOTHING CAN STOP US NOW WHER...

Page 9: ...AREN T WHY ARE WE HERE THEN FOR SCIENCE UMMM FUN SCIENCE ERR DID SOMETHING MOVE BACK THERE SERIOUSLY TOM LOOK NO DISTRACTION TACTICS PLEASE THIS DISCUSSION CONCERNING OUR OBJECTIVES REQUIRES SERIOUSN...

Page 10: ...M1 11 M1 12 M1 12A M1 13 M1 13A 8 GYROBOT ASSEMBLY 1 3 4 2 Loop in back Press the blue pins firmly into place Monty Let s name it...

Page 11: ...9 Assembly Instructions TIGHTROPE FRAME 1 2 Pay close attention to exactly which parts are needed...

Page 12: ...nd highlighted in yellow first into the middle hole Wrap the string around the joint pin guiding it through all four notches Pull the string under the frame Rotate the frame so that the opposite end i...

Page 13: ...rame around again so the free end of the string is facing you Pull the string back over the top of the frame as shown here Thread the string over the middle hole and insert another blue joint pin into...

Page 14: ...e has reached its maximum speed you can carefully place the gyrobot on the tightrope or a flat surface Always align the gyrobot s head parallel to the surface on which it is supposed to balance Hold i...

Page 15: ...the string exactly Never let the gyrobot balance above high spaces people or animals It could fall break or cause injury Never insert thin or sharp objects into the gyrobot s head or gears If you let...

Page 16: ...OPINION REGARDING THIS RESCUE PLAN SEE HELPING PEOPLE IS FUN I WAS RIGHT OKAY THIS NO LONGER LOOKS FUN INCREASE YOUR SPEED MONTY I REALLY SHOULD HAVE DESIGNED IT TO BE A BIT FASTER IIIP EEK PICK UP TH...

Page 17: ...EADY STARTING THE ENGINES IIIIIIIP EEP EEEP WEEEE IIIIIIIIIIIIP HAHAAAAA EAT DUST SPIDERS WE ONLY WANTED TO HELP YOU CAN DROP ME OFF AT THE NEXT SOLAR SYSTEM WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THIS CORNER OF THE UNI...

Page 18: ...gs make up a gimbal suspension Physics explains how the rapidly rotating wheel remains spinning in one orientation This special phenomenon is the reason gyroscopes can be used for measuring and mainta...

Page 19: ...position The gyroscope s axis of rotation tries to hold its position What s happening Balancing act You will need Gyrobot s head carefully removed from the body Here s how 1 Turn on the gyroscope usin...

Page 20: ...for this is gravity which is a force that pulls all bodies and objects on Earth toward the center of the Earth It is thus also referred to as gravitational pull This arises from the fact that the Ear...

Page 21: ...n the results are different When pushed the assembly turns on the tip of the rod and remains in balance The gyroscopic effect keeps the gyroscope in its axis of rotation This is how toy spinning tops...

Page 22: ...ago by a German scientist named Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger who was an astronomer mathematician and physicist He simply called his invention a Machine In 1852 the French physicist L on...

Page 23: ...ds Slowly let go of the gyroscope assembly What happens Amazingly the gyroscope assembly appears to defy gravity as it dangles in the loop of string supported only at the red anchor pin But you know t...

Page 24: ...happening Here s how 1 Starting with the assembled gyrobot model attach the rods and anchor pins to the side of its head as shown Make a hypothesis about how these added pieces will affect the gyrobot...

Page 25: ...ppens When the motorized gyroscope is off the head always tips over and rests upside down This is because the heavy weight of the wheel inside the head is above the pivot points The head s center of g...

Page 26: ...each other as shown How does this affect the position of the head The arms affect the center of gravity of the head assembly When the arms are extended away from the pivot point the center of gravity...

Page 27: ...ed Pixels p 20 or Konstantin Savusia p 20 m Jag_cz p 20 mr High Mountain p 1 ur p 20 um all previous shutterstock com Genius Toys Taiwan Co Ltd p 3 o p 13 or p 16 u p 17 o p 18 o Packaging design conc...

Page 28: ...US safety standards as well as our own refined proprietary safety guidelines By working closely with our manufacturing partners and safety testing labs we are able to control all stages of production...

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