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Robot Duck
Junior Engineering
This project is of a mechanical walking duck featuring electric motor drive, worm and gear reduction and crank-driven walking action. It’s great fun.
(NB: Robot Duck profile (see right) should be printed on card.)
Key Points
- assembled by snapping, screwing together
- you can run duck races
- takes about 2 weeks
Topics covered
- walking motion
- gear drive & reduction, speed - torque
- crank rotary to linear motion
