Festo Chameleon Tongue User manual

Chameleon Tongue
Assembly Instructions

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Equipment and Supplies
Required items from the Bionics Kit and/or Materials Pack:
1. Transparent corpus (body)
2. Small, waterproof servo motor (marked with a sticker) –1
3. Connecting element
4. Silicone cap
5. Cable ties
6. Sealing rings –2
7. Tube (clear)
8. Small tube (black)
9. Connecting element for silicone cap
10. Electronic board with microcontroller
11. Material for body (plastic poster board)
12. balloon
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Equipment and Supplies, continued
Additionally required:
1. 4-AA batteries
2. Scissors
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Instructions
Required items: silicone cap, 1 cable tie (long)
Open the silicone cap and pass a long cable tie through the hole in the holder until the
cable tie's head is inside the holder. Then invert the silicone cap back into its original
shape.
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Required items: connecting element for silicone cap
Pass the other end of the cable tie through the hole in the middle of the connecting
element and place the silicone cap over the provided attachment.
Required items: 2 sealing rings, connecting element
Place the two sealing rings on each end of the connecting element.
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Required items: waterproof servo motor, 1 cable tie, connecting element
Attach the waterproof servo motor on the holder inside the connecting element and
fasten it with a cable tie. Make sure the rudder horn of the motor is positioned in the
center of the connecting element. Shorten the cable tie, if necessary.
Required items: connecting element, connecting element for silicone cap
Attach the connecting element for the silicone cap to the other connecting element.
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Required items: 2 cable ties
Pass the cable tie of the silicone cap through one side of the rudder horn and fasten it
with another cable tie end. Shorten the cable ties.
Required items: electronic board with microcontroller, 4 batteries
Insert 4 batteries, 2 on each side of the electronic board with microcontroller.
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Required items: servo motor, electronic board with microcontroller
Insert the plug from the servo motor onto the electronic board with microcontroller.
Turn on the electronic board with microcontroller using the small switch. The light turns
on.
Required items: electronic board with microcontroller, transparent corpus (body)
Insert the assembled electronic board with microcontroller into the body and slide it into
the rail provided for this purpose. Make sure that the switch is still on and all connections
are secure.
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Required items: transparent corpus (body), connecting element (with silicone cap)
Attach the connecting element to the transparent corpus.
Required items: balloon, tube (clear), tube (black)
Place one end of the black tube inside one end of the clear tube. Put the opening of the
balloon over the other end of the black tube. Then inflate the balloon with the help of the
clear tube.
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Required items: connecting element for silicone cap, tube (clear)
Squeeze the open end of the clear tube with your fingers so that the air cannot escape
from the balloon and put it over the hole on the connecting element.
Optional: make a body for your chameleon
Print the silhouette template (available in the Downloads section on the
bionics4education website) and draw any shape for your chameleon or use the body
template already created. Attach the body to your robot using cable ties.
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Congratulations! Your Bionic Chameleon is ready. Continue with the next steps in the Getting Started
section on the bionics4education website to learn how to control your bionic robot.