thomas and kosmos 620375, Robotics smart machines Experiment Manual

EXPERIMENT MANUAL

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Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com
Thames & Kosmos UK Ltd, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2QZ , United Kingdom | 01580 212000 | www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk

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What’s inside your experiment kit:

GOOD TO KNOW!

If you are missing any

parts, please contact Thames & Kosmos

customer service.
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You will also need:

•3 AA batteries (1.5-volt, type AA/LR6) or 3 AA
rechargeable batteries (1.2-volt, type AA, HR6/

KR6) and a tablet or smartphone running iOS or

Checklist: Find – Inspect – Check off

Android (see page 7 for hardware requirements)

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No. Description Qty. Item No.

1 Joint pin 18
2 Shaft plug 8
3 Shaft pin 9
4 3-hole rod 1
5 3-hole cross rod 5
6 3-hole dual rod 2
7 3-hole wide rounded rod, white 2
8 3-hole wide rounded rod, gray 6
9 5-hole rod, white 1
10 5-hole rod, gray 4
11 5-hole cross rod, white 2
12 5-hole cross rod, black 2
13 5-hole dual rod B, gray 6
14 5-hole dual rod C, white 2
15 5-hole dual rod C, gray 2
16 7-hole wide rounded rod, white 2
17 7-hole wide rounded rod, gray 6
18 7-hole flat rounded rod, gray 3
19 11-hole rod, white 2
20 Square frame B 2
21 Square frame A 1
22 Short frame, white 2
23 14-hole dual rod, gray 2
24 Motor shaft 4
25 3-cm axle 1
26 10-cm axle 1
27 90-degree converter X, white 4
28 90-degree converter Y, white 4

1156-W10-A1R

7026-W10- H1R

7026-W10-J3R

7026 -W10 -Q1W

7026 -W10 -X1W

7061- W10- R1W

7404-W10-C1W

7404-W10-C1S

7413-W10-K2W

7413-W10-K2S1

7413-W10-K3W

7413-W10-K3D

7026-W10 -S2S1

7026-W10 -S3W

7026-W10 -S3S2

7404-W10-C2W

7404-W10-C2S

7404-W10-C3S

7026 -W10 -C1W

702 6-W1 0-T2W

7026 -W10 -V1W

7413-W10-I1W

7413-W10-H1S1

7026 -W10 -L1W

7413-W10-N1D

7413-W10-L2D

7061- W10-J 1W

7061- W10-J 2W

No. Description Qty. Item No.

29 90-degree converter Y, gray 6
30 Small gear 8
31 Worm 1
32 Crank bar 1
33 O-ring 2
34 Small pulley 2
35 Body plate 3 3
36 Body plate 4 3
37 Leg left 1
38 Leg right 1
39 Diagonal connector 6
40 30-mm tube 4
41 20-mm tube 1
42 Short anchor pin 6
43 Anchor pin 51
44 Two-to-one converter 4
45 Button pin 4
46 Anchor pin lever 1
47 Motor unit 1 1
48 Medium gear 10
49 Motor unit 2 1
50 6.5-cm axle 3
51 Jaw, upper 1
52 Jaw, lower 1
53 Bluetooth battery box 1
54 Ultrasonic sensor 1
55 Flexible shaft 2

7061-W10-J2S2

7026-W10 -D2S

7344-W10-A1W

7026-W10-J2D

R12-08 S

7344-W10-N3S

7392 -W10-L 1TD

7392-W10 -L2TD

73 97-W10 -C1 W

73 97-W10 -C 2W

7404-W10-B2S

7400-W10- G1D

7400-W10-G2D

880-W10-M1B

7061- W10- C1R

7061- W10- G1W

7061- W10- E1D

7061-W10-B1Y

7392-W85-B1

7346-W10-C1S

7400-W85-A

7416 -W10 -C1D

7416-W10-A1W

7416-W10-A2W

7416-W85-A

7416-W85-B

7416-W85-C

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› › › TABLE OF CONTENTS

Robotics: Smart Machines

Safety Information ............................................. Inside front cover

Kit Contents ......................................................................................... 1

Tips and Tricks ................................................................................... 2

Table of Contents ............................................................................... 3

Robots: Sensing, Thinking Machines

Geing Started ................................................................................... 4

About Ultrasound .............................................................................. 5

Downloading and Using the App .................................................... 6

Writing Programs ............................................................................... 7

The models:

Bipedal Droid ......................................................................................... 13

Programming the Bipedal Droid ....................................................... 17

Spy Bot......................................................................................................18

Using the Spy Bot ..................................................................................23

Beetle ........................................................................................................24

Programming the Beetle .....................................................................31

Crocodile .................................................................................................. 32

Programming the Crocodile ............................................................... 38

Tiltrotor Aircraft ....................................................................................39

Programming the Tiltrotor Aircraft ................................................. 49

Robo Dog ..................................................................................................50

Programming the Robo Dog ............................................................... 55

Robotosaurus..........................................................................................56

Programming the Robotosaurus....................................................... 61

Catapult ...................................................................................................62

Programming the Catapult ................................................................64

Publisher’s information ......................................Inside back cover

TIP!

Above each set of assembly

instructions, you will find a red bar:

››› It shows you the difficulty level for

the model’s assembly:

easy medium hard

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BIPEDAL DROID

The three wires pass
through the middle frame.

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Done!

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PROGRAMMING

SAMPLE PROGRAM FOR THE BIPEDAL DROID

Use this program to make your bipedal droid walk forward until it
detects an obstacle with the ultrasound sensor. When the obstacle is
detected, the robot will turn to the side. When the robot no longer
detects an obstacle, it will walk forward again.

This program is preloaded in the app under Program 7. Test it out and
write down how the robot behaves for each program segment below.

Bipedal Droid

DEMO PROGRAM:

Program 7

PROGRAMMING NOTES

OPENING SEGMENT:

SEGMENT 0-30:

SEGMENT 31-40:

SEGMENT >41:

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SPY BOT

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1 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 1 x 2 x 1 x 3 x 2 x

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Kosmos Quality and Safety

More than one hundred years of expertise in publishing science
experiment kits stand behind every product that bears the Kosmos
name. Kosmos experiment kits are designed by an experienced team
of specialists and tested with the utmost care during development
and production. With regard to product safety, these experiment
kits follow European and 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. While the majority of our products
are made in Germany, all of our products, regardless of origin,
follow the same rigid quality standards.

1st Edit ion 2015 Thame s & Kosmos, LLC , Providence , RI, USA
Thame s & Kosmos® is a re gistered trad emark of Thame s & Kosmos, LLC.

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This app lies specif ically to repr oductions, t ranslations , microfil ming, and stora ge and process ing in electro nic systems and n etworks. We d o not guarantee t hat all material i n this work
is free f rom copyright o r other protec tion.

Technical pr oduct develo pment: Geni us Toy Taiwan Co. , Ltd., Taichung , Taiwan, R .O.C.
Text and Edi ting: Ted McGuire
Additional Graphics and Packaging: Dan Freitas

Manual design concept: Atelier Bea Klenk, Berlin
Manual illustrations: Geni us Toy Taiwan Co. , Ltd., Taichung , Taiwan, R .O.C., and T hames & Kosmos

Manual p hotos:
© istock photo.com: mi croolga, p. 4 bo ttom left; al l animal photos , p. 6
© fotoli a.com: natal iafrei, p. 4 bott om right; Max isport, p. 4 to p center
© shutter stock.com : Slavoljub Pant elic, p. 4 top ri ght
Courte sy of DARPA, p. 4 to p left
All othe r photos: Gen ius Toy Taiwan Co ., Ltd., Taichung , Taiwan, R .O.C., and T hames & Kosmos

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