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Jumping Robot

  1. Grades 3-5
  2. Grades 6-8

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Why it’s awesome

  1. Springy engineering

    Wire up a motor and build a mechanism to make your ‘bot bounce.

  2. Build and tinker

    Create a custom skin for your robot to make it your own.

  3. Science of jumping

    Experiment with angles and energy to explore jumping physics.

What’s included?

  • wood set (8 pcs)

  • motor

  • 3 rubber bands

  • spacer

  • 5 bolts

  • 9V battery pack

  • 2 pegs

  • chassis

  • 8 rubber rings

  • spring

  • hex nut

  • dowel

  • paper body set (8 pcs)

  • 8 foam gears

  • 2 zip ties

  • 2 barrel nuts

  • sticky foam sheet

  • 4 wiggle eyes

  • illustrated instruction booklet

Topics explored

  1. Robot engineering

  2. Mechanical motion

  3. Potential + kinetic energy

Additional details

Jumping Robot is patent protected under U.S. Design Patent No. D1,012,201

From the desk of the product designer:

Behind the design

“We got our first prototype to jump using rubber bands from around the workshop, but we switched to springs because they’re stronger and more reliable.”

- KiwiCo Product Designer

By the numbers

8

Jumping mechanism prototypes

12

Battery pack placements tested

1,000+

Test hops

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