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STEAM Grab & Go Craft: Robotic Hand

Grab and Go STEAM: Make your own Robotic Hand!


We provide the materials and directions - you pick them up and make them at home!

Learn about Anatomy and engineering! The strings in your robot hand function much like the tendons in your own hand, which connect muscles to bones and let you bend your fingers. Your muscles create the pull that make your fingers bend and let you pick things up, just like your robotic hand.

Registration for a STEAM kit is required. To request a kit, fill out this online form. First Come First Serve. Registration will close when all kits are claimed.
Kits will be ready to pick up at a requested branch on July 28th.

These kits are suggested for children over age 6. CHOKING HAZARD: This kit contains small pieces and is not suitable for young children without adult supervision. Adult assistance may be required for some children.
Required Materials:

Provided in Kit:
5 Standard Drinking Straws
1 Jumbo-Sized Straw
Card Stock
Measuring tape
String (various colors)

Needed from Home:

Tape
Scissors
Pencil/Pencil 

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Posted by glassa on July 26, 2021 at 1:47 p.m.
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