A robot fit for the circus! With this kit, you can build a robot that walks, step by step, along a tightrope. How? Thanks to the robot’s main component, a gyroscope, it can maintain its balance and perform this fun trick without falling over! Through eight experiments, you can explore the astonishing powers of the motorized gyroscope and understand the physics behind its amazing behaviors. Experiment with getting the robot to walk on different surfaces: a tightrope, on a solid tabletop, on a soft surface, and even on your arm! You can also experiment with the balancing behavior of the motorized gyroscope by itself, testing its ability to balance on its edge, on your finger, on a pole, and dangling from a string. The kit includes parts to build the robot and experimental setups, including a frame for the tightrope. By constructing the robot and performing the experiments with the motorized gyroscope unit, young engineers can learn about the science of gyroscopic devices and the indispensable role they play in our lives. A full-color, 24-page, illustrated experiment manual provides step-by-step assembly instructions and scientific explanations.
A robot fit for the circus--thanks to science!
- A hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) experiment kit, The Amazing Tightrope-Walking Gyrobot provides a fun, engaging introduction to physics and robotics.
- Kids ages 6+ can build a cute robot, whose main component is a gyroscope, and watch it walk across a tightrope without falling off!
- 8 cool experiments explore the astonishing powers of the motorized gyroscope and the physics behind its amazing behaviors.
- The 43-piece kit includes the parts to build your gyrobot and different experimental setups, including a frame for the tightrope.
- 24-page, full-color instruction manual provides step-by-step assembly instructions, clear scientific explanations, and a fun comic featuring the adventures of Monty, the Gyrobot!
The Experiments
Get a closer look at how gyroscopes work through 8 experiments:
- Experiment 1, The Gyrobot Walks The Tightrope
- Experiment 2, Balancing Act: the gyrobot walks on your finger!
- Experiment 3, On Edge: the gyrobot balances on its side!
- Experiment 4, Spinning Top: the gyrobot balances on a small rod!
- Experiment 5, Sidewinder: the gyrobot balances sideways, hanging from a string!
- Experiment 6, That's Using Your Head: the gyrobot walks a tightrope, this time with extra weight!
- Experiment 7, Heads or Tails: the gyrobot flips over when suspended upside down!
- Experiment 8, Arms Wide Open: what happens to the gyrobot when you give it arms?
About Thames & Kosmos
From science experiment kits to board games to craft kits and magic sets, Thames & Kosmos products offer wholesome entertainment and engaging educational experiences for people--and families!--of all ages. T&K STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) kits cover these scientific areas and more:
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Engineering
- Robotics & Programming
- Preschool science and and early learning
- Alternative energy
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- Build a robot that walks along a tightrope thanks to a motorized gyroscope unit.
- Hands-on experiments with the gyrobot bring the science of gyroscopic forces to life.
- Learn about physics and robotics and how and where gyroscopes are used in everyday life.
- Also includes the parts to build a tightrope setup.
- A full-color, 24-page manual includes step-by-step illustrated assembly instructions and a fun comic about Monty, the Gyrobot!
- 2021 The Toy Association's Specialty Toy Of The Year Finalist
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