Thames & Kosmos Alien Robots, Experiment Manual

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Page 2: ...ld and new batteries Do not mix alkaline standard carbon zinc or rechargeable nickel cadmium batteries Batteries are to be inserted with the correct polarity Press them gently into the battery compartment See page 2 Always close the battery compartment with the lid Non rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged They could explode Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult superv...

Page 3: ...1 5 hole rod B 8 716876 12 5 hole cross rod 2 716677 13 5 hole dual rod B 2 720583 14 7 hole wide rounded rod 6 717901 15 7 hole flat rounded rod 6 717900 No Description Qty Item No 16 9 hole rod 4 717806 17 3 hole crank 2 718284 18 Axle 30 mm 2 716860 19 Axle 100 mm 1 716901 20 Axle 150 mm 1 703518 21 Small gear 2 716885 22 Medium gear 4 716890 23 Washer 2 703242 24 Anchor pin lever 1 702590 25 T...

Page 4: ...negative ends into the compartment in the direction indicated with the correct polarity Then close the compartment When it is time to replace the batteries remove the old batteries and insert the new ones with the correct polarity 1 2 3 How to open the battery box Slide and open the battery box lid Put 2 AA battery in OK 1 2 3 How to open the battery box Slide and open the battery box lid Slide an...

Page 5: ... 12 3 Rolling Dragon Bot 15 4 Grabber Claw 19 5 Alien Raptor 22 6 Roving Dino Bot 25 7 Playground Swing 29 8 Bipedal Robot 31 9 Pumpjack 34 10 Alien Frog Bot 36 Check It Out 40 Learn more about levers including the anchor pin lever on pages 6 7 Learn about linkages on page 40 On pages 4 5 you can see all the models at a glance TABLE OFCONTENTS Alien Robots ...

Page 6: ...4 Alien Snake Bot Rolling Dragon Bot Insectoid Bot Playground Swing Bipedal Robot 8 12 31 15 29 Build these functional models one at a time OVERVIEW ...

Page 7: ...5 Alien Robots Pumpjack Grabber Claw Alien Frog Bot Alien Raptor Roving Dino Bot 19 22 25 36 34 OVERVIEW ...

Page 8: ...iment kit also uses a lever like this so that you can take the components apart more easily The pivot point is between the two lever arms so we call it a double sided lever In this case the wheel of the wheelbarrow is the pivot fulcrum of the lever The two lever arms constitute the distance to the center of gravity of the load and the distance to the hold point of the wheelbarrow Because both leve...

Page 9: ... on the load side The load arm is shorter in proportion to the degree that the load force is greater If the effort arm is twice as long as the load arm then there is a balance when the effort force is half as great as the load force Effort force kg times the distance on the effort arm from the exertion point of the effort force to the fulcrum m is equal to load force kg times the distance from the...

Page 10: ...8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 12 19 11 11 x4 x5 ALIEN SNAKE BOT ...

Page 11: ...9 Alien Robots 8 9 10 11 12 11 11 11 11 ALIEN SNAKE BOT ...

Page 12: ...10 C 13 14 15 16 11 11 ALIEN SNAKE BOT ...

Page 13: ...11 Alien Robots A B B part mark position Done B A x2 17 19 20 18 21 ALIEN SNAKE BOT B B A A B ...

Page 14: ...12 B Hole B M2 X2 Steps through Repeat steps 1 through 4 twice 11 11 11 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445 W10 B2 1 2 4 3 x2 x2 x2 x2 11 11 11 INSECTOID BOT ...

Page 15: ...B must be vertical on both sides Note This part is angled differently than the others B A 7 6 5 side view side view This part assembly angle is different from the others B holes on both sides of the upside down B holes B holes 12 12 12 12 INSECTOID BOT A B B ...

Page 16: ...14 Note This part is angled differently than the others Done 8 9 10 11 11 A A B INSECTOID BOT INSECTOID ...

Page 17: ...en Robots 1 2 3 5 4 M3 1 2 3 5 4 M3 1 2 3 5 4 M3 Hole B Hole B 11 11 11 11 30mm axle 100mm axle B B B 1 18 11 11 11 11 2 4 3 19 1 2 3 5 4 M3 Hole B Hole B 11 11 11 11 30mm axle 100mm axle 5 ROLLING DRAGON BOT ...

Page 18: ...Hole B 11 Parts 7445 6 7 8 6 7 8 Please note the part mark position B Hole B 11 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445 W10 B2 6 7 8 B Hole B 11 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445 W10 B2 11 ROLLING DRAGON BOT B Note the markings 6 7 8 Please note the part mark position B Hole B 11 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445 W10 B2 B ...

Page 19: ... 12 12 12 13 Please note the part mark position A B ole B 12 9 10 11 12 13 12 10 11 12 13 Please note the part mark position A 12 ROLLING DRAGON BOT Alien Robots 10 11 9 12 A A Hole B B 12 A Note the markings A 12 13 Please note the part mark position A A B Hole B 12 B B B Please note the part mark position B A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445 W10 B2 ...

Page 20: ...18 OK 14 15 B Hole B A B A 14 15 16 Done B B Hole B A ROLLING DRAGON BOT B A A ...

Page 21: ...19 GRABBER CLAW 11 12 12 100mm axle 30mm axle 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4 11 12 12 18 19 Alien Robots ...

Page 22: ...20 GRABBER CLAW B B Top view 9 10 11 12 13 A B x2 x2 B A ...

Page 23: ...21 GRABBER CLAW Alien Robots 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Done 14 15 16 A A A A B A B B B B 11 17 ...

Page 24: ...22 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 11 11 11 11 ALIEN RAPTOR ...

Page 25: ...23 Alien Robots A A 12 11 A A A B B B x2 x2 7 8 9 10 11 12 ALIEN RAPTOR B A ...

Page 26: ...24 14 15 16 X2 B B B A A A Part B Part B A A P a r t A A A B B ALIEN RAPTOR Done A A B B x2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 B A ...

Page 27: ... 2 3 5 4 6 M6 11 11 11 11 12 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 7445 W10 B2 1 2 4 3 5 4 6 12 12 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445 W10 B2 11 11 12 ROVING DINO BOT Alien Robots 1 2 3 5 4 6 M6 11 11 11 11 12 12 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445 W10 B2 1 2 3 5 6 M6 11 11 B A ...

Page 28: ...26 B B 6 ROVING DINO BOT 8 9 Hole B 7 8 9 Hole B 11 12 11 11 6 11 11 12 11 8 Hole B 11 7 8 9 ...

Page 29: ...lease note the part mark position B B B Note the markings 11 10 Please note the part mark position Please note the part mark position 11 10 Please note the part mark position Please note the part mark position Note the markings B A A A 10 Please note the part mark position 11 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445 W10 B2 6 7 8 Please note the part mark position B Hole B 11 Parts mark A 7445 W10 B1 B 7445...

Page 30: ... aligned with the wheel Front view 12 Please note the tail of the axle is aligned with the wheel Front view A B Note The end of the axle is aligned with the outside of the wheel hub Front view 12 Please note the tail of the axle is aligned with the wheel Front view B A ...

Page 31: ...29 PLAYGROUND SWING C 1 2 3 4 5 12 11 11 12 20 Alien Robots ...

Page 32: ...30 PLAYGROUND SWING 20 Pay attention to the correct positions of each part Adjust the parts to the positions in this view 6 7 8 A B Done x3 9 ...

Page 33: ...31 BIPEDAL ROBOT 1 2 3 B B 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 Repeat steps 1 through 3 to build two copies of this foot unit x2 1 3 11 11 Alien Robots ...

Page 34: ...32 X2 X2 X2 Note the relative position of the holes marked with the B on both sides Side view 4 5 6 7 X2 X2 X2 X2 x2 A A A B B B 11 BIPEDAL ROBOT B A ...

Page 35: ...33 8 9 Done A A A B B B BIPEDAL ROBOT 10 Alien Robots ...

Page 36: ...34 1 2 3 4 6 5 x2 11 11 12 12 11 PUMPJACK ...

Page 37: ...35 Alien Robots C B A 11 A B 7 8 9 10 Done PUMPJACK 11 ...

Page 38: ...1 2 3 4 5 11 11 11 11 11 ALIEN FROG BOT 36 ...

Page 39: ...37 Side view Side view 6 7 8 9 19 20 ALIEN FROG BOT B B Alien Robots ...

Page 40: ...38 B Side view Side view B B 10 11 12 13 11 12 A A A A B B ALIEN FROG BOT ...

Page 41: ...39 Alien Robots ALIEN FROG BOT B Side view Side view 14 15 16 12 Done A A B B 17 ...

Page 42: ...e resulting force at another part of a linkage Linkages can be used in very clever ways to achieve exactly the direction and magnitude of force desired Linkages are often grouped by the number of rods two bar three bar and four bar linkages are common Four very common types of linkages are as follows Try building these linkages with the pieces in your kit 1 Reverse Motion linkage One rod moves in ...

Page 43: ...right or other protection Technical product development Genius Toys Taiwan Co Ltd Dr Petra Müller Author Thames Kosmos and Rainer Köthe Manual Layout Peggy Bertram and Annabell Goldacker 599media GmbH Freiberg Germany Manual design concept Atelier Bea Klenk Berlin Manual illustrations Genius Toy Taiwan Co Ltd Taichung Taiwan R O C and Thames Kosmos Manual photos shutterstock 1 49 All remaining ima...

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