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5+ # 7431 146 PCS

HANDS-ON MODEL BUILDING FOR IMAGINATIVE ENGINEERS!

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M OD E L S TO BUILD

Table of Contents

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Index

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Important Information

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Kit Contents

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Gigo Connect-A-Cube Block

P3-4

Model 1 Paul the Polar Bear

P7-8

Model 2 Christy the Crab

P10-11

Model 3 Narbert the Narwhal

P13-15

Model 4 Frida the Fox

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Model 5 Eunice the Unicorn

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Model 6 Luis the Llama

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Model 7 Otto the Otter

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Model 8 Cathy the Cat

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Important Information

Dear Adult Helpers,

Engineering is an extremely exciting and vast field. This kit, along with its illustrated storybook and instruction manual, provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts to preschool- and kindergarten-age kids.

Read the story with your child and build simple models of the fantastic animal robots that the main character encounters on his trip around the world.

As you follow the story, your child can build models of the eight robots in the story with your help. The primary functional components of the robot models are motorized gears that make the robots move. Your child will be introduced to simple mechanical assemblies and motorized gear trains while building the models.

The models are assembled step by step using a construction system. It will require a little practice and patience at first. Please assist your children when they need your help, but also let them try to build the models by themselves. Your children will be happy to have your help with the models or assembly steps that pose particular difficulties.

We wish you and your child lots of fun building, discovering and learning!

Safety Information

››› Warning! Not suitable for children under 3 years. Choking hazard — small parts may be swallowed inhaled.

How to openor the battery box ››› Keep the packaging and instructions as they contain important information.

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››› Store the experiment material and assembled models out of the reach of small children.

Batteries

How to insert and remove the batteries

How to open the battery How to open the battery box box

Open the battery compartment by sliding the lid open. Insert two AA batteries. Make sure you fit the positive and 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.

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Please contact your local authorities for the appropriate disposal location.

Safety for Experiments with Batteries ››› To operate the models, you will need two AA batteries (1.5-volt, type LR6), which could not be included in the kit due to their limited shelf life. ››› Different types of batteries or new and

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Slide and open the battery box lid.

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Put 2 AA battery

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Slide and open the battery Slide and open the battery box lid. box lid.

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Notes on Environmental Protection / Notes on Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Components: The electronic components of this product are recyclable. For the sake of the environment, do not throw them into the household trash at the end of their lifespan. They must be delivered to a collection location for electronic waste, as indicated by the following symbol:

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used batteries are not to be mixed. ››› Do not mix old and new batteries. ››› Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbonzinc), or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries. ››› Batteries are to be inserted with the correct polarity. Press them gently into the battery compartments. See instructions above. ››› Always close battery compartments with the lid. ››› Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged. They could explode! ››› Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult supervision. ››› Rechargeable batteries are to be removed from the toy before being charged. ››› Exhausted batteries are to be removed from the toy. ››› The supply terminals are not to be short-circuited. ››› Avoid a short circuit of the batteries. A

Put 2 AA battery in.

Put 2 AA battery in.

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Slide and close the battery box lid.

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short circuit can cause the wires to overheat and the batteries to explode. ››› Dispose of used batteries in accordance with environmental provisions, not in the household trash. ››› Be sure not to bring batteries into contact with coins, keys, or other metal objects. ››› Avoid deforming the batteries. As all of the experiments use batteries, have an adult check the experiments or models before use to make sure they are assembled properly. Always operate the motorized models under adult supervision. After you are done experimenting, remove the batteries from the battery compartments. ››› Note the safety information accompanying the individual experiments or models! ››› The toy is not to be connected to more than the recommended number of power supplies.

Slide and close the battery box lid.

Slide and close the battery box lid.

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Kit Contents

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Kit Contents

Checklist: Find – Inspect – Check off No.

Description

Qty.

Item No.

No.

Description

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B-SHORT PEG

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Qty.

Item No.

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7344-W10-C2S

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C-7 HOLE ROUND ROD

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7404-W10-C2B1

C-20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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7413-W10-T1S1

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C-7 HOLE PROLATE ROD

6

7404-W10-C3B1

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C-30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

4

7413-W10-U1S

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C-9 HOLE ROD

4

7407-W10-C1B

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C-AXLE

2

7026-W10-H1S1

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B-FLAT CUBE

1

7128-W10-A1K

5

C-MOTOR AXLE

2

7026-W10-L1S1

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B-FLAT TRIANGLE

1

7128-W10-A2K

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C-CAM CONNECTOR

4

7413-W10-S1S

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B-6 HOLE CUBE

4

880-W10-N1B3

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C-1 HOLE CONNECTOR

2

7430-W10-B1B1

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B-CUBE

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880-W10-A1B4

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C-TWO-IN-ONE CONVERTER

2

7061-W10-G1B

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B-CUBE

4

880-W10-A1W

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C-SHORT BUTTON FIXER

2

7061-W10-W1W

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B-CONVEX

11

880-W10-R1B2

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B-4-SIDED PYRAMID PIECE

1

7128-W10-E4D

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B-CONVEX

8

880-W10-R1W

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C-FRONT CONVERTER

2

7061-W10-Y1B3

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B-TRIANGLE

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880-W10-S1B4

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C-3 HOLE ROD

2

7026-W10-Q2B1

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C-20T GEAR

2

7026-W10-D2S1

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C-3 HOLE ROD FRONT CLOSED

2

7026-W10-X1B1

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C-40T GEAR

2

7346-W10-C1S

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C-3 HOLE ROD FRONT CLOSED

2

7026-W10-X1K1

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B-CONCAVE

1

880-W10-D1B3

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C-3 HOLE ROUND ROD

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7404-W10-C1B1

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B-CONCAVE

2

880-W10-D1W

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C-5 HOLE ROD

2

7413-W10-K2B1

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C-28X MOTOR WITH SWITCH

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7441-W85-A

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C-5 HOLE ROD FRONT CLOSED

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7413-W10-R1B

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B-PEG REMOVER

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7061-W10-B1Y

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C-5 HOLE PROLATE ROD

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7443-W10-C1B

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P-EYE STICKERS

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Meet the Omega Family!

Ty and Karlie Omega are siblings. They live in a small city called Makersville. Ty and Karlie’s dad is a writer. He writes science fiction stories. Their mom is a mechanical engineer. She designs big machines used in factories.

They live in an awesome warehouse filled with tools, equipment, and building materials. There are always a number of projects going on in the warehouse.

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Ty loves figuring out how things work. Karlie loves building things.

When Ty and Karlie were little, Ms. O designed Huxley, a robot that can build just about anything. For one of his first projects, Huxley converted Karlie’s teddy bear, Remus, into a walking, talking science bear. Now Huxley and Remus are like members of the Omega family.

Remus’s Robot Safari Began Here . . .

The Omega family was on a trip to the Arctic. Ms. Omega was installing weather-monitoring robots in a remote Arctic science station. The whole family, including Huxley and Remus, went along on the journey.

One day, on the walk between the Omega family’s temporary living quarters and the station, Remus was nestled inside Ty’s backpack, where it was quite warm and cozy. But he wanted to see the northern lights, so he unzipped the backpack to take a peek.

Remus was straining to see the colorful lights in the sky when all of sudden he fell out of the backpack and tumbled down a hill. At the bottom of the hill, Remus pulled himself out of a pile of snow and looked around.

To h i s s u r p r i s e , a s t r a n g e robotic polar bear was smiling and offering to help him up.

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Paul the Polar Bear

Model 1 2

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6

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

4

3

×4

7

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

6 hole cube

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR LE OR AX T m EC m N 30 ON C

5 6 hole cube

Hole C

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Model 1

8 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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Paul the Polar Bear

11

10

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

Hole C

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16 15

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Done!

“Hi! I’m Paul the Polar Bear,” the Polar Bear said. “I can help you find your family. Here, climb on my back.”

Remus climbed up onto Paul’s back and together they roamed the Arctic tundra in search of Ty and Karlie and their parents.

Do you see how a single motor makes all four of the bear’s arms and legs move?

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Remus and Paul the Polar Bear searched and searched but could not find the rest of the Omega family. They climbed over giant snowdrifts and crossed icy glaciers.

Eventually, they came to the shore of a great sea.

“I’m looking for my family,” Remus replied.

“Are they around here anywhere?”

“I will help you look for them,” offered Christy. “Hop on my shell.”

Remus jumped from Paul to Christy, and thanked Paul for his help. Christy scurried “Over here!” cried a little blue robot with along the shore, over rocks and around tide many legs. “Welcome to the beach. I’m pools, while Remus scanned the area for Christy the Crab. What brings you to the signs of the Omega family. beach today?”

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Model 2 2 1

×4

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Christy the Crab

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

LE R AX O m ECT m 30 ONN C

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

Front view Hole C

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4

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR 30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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Christy the Crab

Model 2 7

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20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

Hole C

Front view

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×2

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Front view

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Done!

Do you see how the gears on this model transform the circular motion of the motor to the sideways motion of the legs?

Christy suggested that they swim out to a nearby iceberg to search there. Remus agreed, but as Christy moved into the water, a big wave crashed down on them.

Remus was swept off of Christy’s back and carried out into the deep, cold water.

Luckily, Remus was mostly made of stuffing that floated.

Remus started swimming back to shore.

Suddenly, there was a rush of water all around him and he was lifted high up into the air.

“Whoa! What is going on here?” shouted Remus.

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Narbert the Narwhal

Model 3 2

1

3 Make sure the gears are lined up symmetrically on both sides.

Hole C

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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Hole C

Narbert the Narwhal

Model 3 7 6

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STEP2 2

Side view STEP 1

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Narbert the Narwhal

Model 3

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“Yes, and I don’t think they’re here in the Arctic,” Remus replied.

“Don’t worry. I can take you to look for them somewhere else,” said Narbert.

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Done!

The rods attached to the gears on the sides of the narwhal convert the rotating motion of the gear into a back-and-forth, or reciprocating, motion.

Narbert carried Remus across the ocean to the shores of a vast desert.

“This is the edge of the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa,” said Narbert.

“I’ll hop off here and look around,” said Remus. He thanked Narbert for the ride and swam ashore. He wandered around,

looking behind rocks for his family.

Soon, he came across a sleeping robotic fox, curled up in the mouth of a little foxhole. The fox was wiggling her ears and appeared to be dreaming.

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Frida the Fox Model 4

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1 2 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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5 6

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20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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Model 4 9 8

Frida the Fox

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20mm AXLE CONNECTOR 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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6 hole cube

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6 hole cube

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Frida the Fox Model 4 14

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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6 hole cube

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

6 hole cube

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17

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

Hole B

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

The fox opened her eyes and stared at Remus.

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“Hello there. I’m Frida the Fox,” yawned the fox, waking from her slumber. “I was just having the most wonderful dream.”

“Really? What was it about?” asked Remus.

“Oh, I wish you could have seen it. It was magical,” replied Frida.

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Done!

Look at the gears on the back of the fox model. Note how the small gear turns in one direction and the two medium gears turn in the opposite direction.

Remus remembered that he had one of Huxley’s wacky inventions in his backpack: the DreamReader3000. He took it out and showed Frida.

“Wow, that is quite an invention,” said Frida. “Let’s try it!”

Frida went back to sleep and Remus turned on the DreamReader3000. Sure “With this, I can scan and see your enough, he could see Frida’s dream! dreams,” Remus said.

There was a robotic unicorn prancing on a candy-cane road toward a giant bowl of rainbow ice cream.

Model 1

Paul The Polar Bear

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Eunice the Unicorn

Model 5 2

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5

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6 hole cube

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4 6 hole cube

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Hole B

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Model 5 8

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×2

Eunice the Unicorn

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30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

“Hi! I’m Eunice the Unicorn,” said the Unicorn robot. “I love ice cream and rainbows. What flavors of ice cream do you like?”

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Done!

Remus started thinking about Ty and Karlie’s favorite ice cream flavors: strawberry and mint chocolate chip.

“I have to keep looking for my family,” Remus remembered.

“Good luck! You will find them!” said Eunice.

Your fox model doesn’t actually dream, but your unicorn model will waddle around on its four short legs.

Left view

Right view

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Frida awoke from her dream with a start. Remus thanked Frida for sharing her fantastic dream and asked for directions to the nearest airport. Frida took Remus to the airport, where Remus boarded a plane to South America.

After a long flight, Remus arrived in South America. He followed a tour group to a grassy hillside where he spotted a fellow robot.

“Hey there! I’m Luis the Llama. What’s your name?” the robotic llama asked Remus.

“Hi, I’m Remus. I’m looking for my family. I’ve traveled halfway around the world searching for them.”

“I have an idea! You can take a hot air balloon ride above the hills and valleys and look for your family that way,” suggested Luis.

Remus loved the idea. Luis took Remus to the hot air balloon and gave him a sweater to keep him warm on the journey.

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Model 6

Luis the Llama

1

side view Pay close attention to the orientation of hole C in the medium gear.

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6 hole cube

6 hole cube

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6

30mm AXLE CONNECTOR 30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

Hole C

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Luis the Llama

Model 6

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6 hole cube

9 30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

6 hole cube

side view

Pay close attention to the orientation of hole C in the medium gear.

Hole C

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10

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30mm AXLE CONNECTOR 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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14

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Model 6

Luis the Llama 16 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

“Thanks for visiting!”

Luis the robotic llama shouted to Remus as the hot air balloon lifted up into the sky.

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“Thanks for your help and for the great sweater!” Remus called back, waving his hand from the basket of the balloon.

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The llama’s legs are oriented so that when one leg moves forward, the other moves backward.

Done!

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The hot air balloon flew north, pushed by a strong, steady current of air. It was a long journey. Luckily, Remus had some of his favorite snacks in his backpack: avocados and grapes. He curled up in the basket and munched on his snacks. Then he fell asleep.

When Remus awoke, he peered out over the edge of the basket and looked down on a beautiful, slowly moving river. He spotted a cute river otter robot floating on his back.

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The otter robot was munching on snacks of his own. “Hello down there! Could you help me find my family?� Remus hollered down to the otter.

Model 7

Otto the Otter

2 3 1

side view

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4 5

7

8

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

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Otto the Otter Model 7 9

12

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11

15

×2

14 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

6 hole cube

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×2

6 hole cube

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

Hole C

Model 7

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Otto the Otter

16 18 20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

Hole C

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20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

“Hi! I’m Otto the Otter,” said the otter robot.

“I can help you find your family. Land that hot air balloon and I’ll take you down river.”

Done!

A linkage is a mechanical assembly of rigid links (or rods) connected at movable joints.

Can you find the linkages in this model?

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Remus took the hot air balloon down to the edge of the river and jumped out.

He climbed onto Otto the Otter’s back and together they floated down the river, looking for the Omega family.

They hadn’t been traveling long at all when Otto shouted, “Look! There’s a blue cat robot standing on the riverbank over there.”

Remus looked and saw a cute blue cat robot grinning and waving its bushy tail by the river’s edge. Then Remus heard people calling to him.

There was the Omega family, having a picnic!

“Hooray! I’ve found you!” Remus yelled with glee.

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Model 8 1

4

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Cathy the Cat

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Cathy the Cat

Model 8

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8

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6-hole cube 30mm AXLE CONNECTOR

20mm AXLE CONNECTOR

Hole B

6-hole cube

6-hole cube

10

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Done!

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“Hi! I’m Cathy the Cat robot,” said the cat. “I’ve been waving my tail to get your attention!”

Do you see how the two gears turn at different speeds? Which one moves faster? How does the tail move?

Remus went ashore. Cathy greeted him and purred loudly. The Omega family was reunited at last!

“I’m amazed that I found you!” said Remus.

helped bring you home, and we tracked your location each step of the way. There are a few bugs in my programs, so it just took a little longer than I had planned.”

“Wow, that’s very impressive, Huxley!” Remus said. “And I’m Huxley held up a strange device. “This is my Emergency Remus glad I got to go on such an amazing robot safari — and I got Locator Device. The minute we realized you were missing, this cool sweater!”

I assembled this device and activated my network of helpful animal robots stationed all over the world. Each robotic animal Everyone laughed and sat down to continue their picnic.

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