WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD Small parts. Not for children under 3 years old. 7. Install the connection bar on the back 8. Install the support case on the Assembly Instructions cover as shown. A click must be heard to connection bar as shown. ensure that it is fastened. Salt Salt WWater / Solar ater / Solar GEOGEO PPowowerered Roboted Robot Solar Powered This product runs on green energy that does not cause harm to the environment. Use either solar energy or salt water battery to power Salt Water Powered the robot car. Guide your kids while they assemble the robot car with their own hands. Give the gift that fosters curiosity and encourages scientific learning. User Manual Warning: 1. CHOKING HAZARD - The product contains small pieces. Keep it away from children under 3. 2. For your safety, do not put any parts of this product in contact with AC power. 3. To avoid accidents, do not put your finger or hair into the product. This product is recommended for children over 8 years of age, parents should read the manual carefully and guide their kids while they playing this product. Tips: 1. Please read the instructions on the manual carefully before assembling. 2. Please identify the parts before assembling. 3. Parental guidance is recommended. 4. This product contains small parts, do not allow kids to put them in mouth. 5. Do not use the product if any part of this product has been damaged or 1. Install the front & back wheels on the 2. Mount the motor on the chassis as deformed. Good Job We chassis, match the gear with the notch shown, make sure the motor is secured 6. Do not place the motor in water as it may damage the product or cause injury. on the chassis as shown. between the two bumps, and the gears are almost there 7. The robot car only runs on one type of energy (salt water battery or solar are lined up with one another. power) at a time. 8. Do not pull or fold the wires as it may damage the wires. 9. The battery box may expand even after use due to the continuous chemical reaction inside. To prevent this please follow the instructions on how to properly disassemble and clean the battery box. Solar Panel Installation & Use 10. Please keep this manual for future reference. 1. Remove the thin plastic solar panel film before installing and wipe off any smudges after finished. Place the solar panel atop the support case, and place the two solar Parts List panel wires into the two designated slots. After connecting the solar panel wire with the motor wire as shown. (Note: match the color of wires, red to red/black to black-do not plug forcibly. Please ask for parents help if you have trouble plugging in the connectors.) 3. Install the two arms on the back cover. 4. Install the finished component (step3) on the chassis as shown. 2. Put on the solar panel cover frame as 3. Take the robot outdoors, and place it shown. A click should be heard to ensure on a smooth and flat surface in an open that it is locked in place and the solar area. For best results, place the robot back wheels (with gear) 1pc copper plate (yellow) 2pc panel is prevented from moving. (Do not under direct sunlight. Please note that squeeze the wires.) the robot is faster under brighter sunlight front wheels 1pc battery case 2pc conditions. chassis 1pc activated carbon 1pc 5. Install the neck for the head on the 6. Place the head atop the neck. When a back cover. click is heard the head will be securely motor 1pc spoon 1pc placed on to swivel up and down. back cover 1pc absorbent paper 4pc arm 2pc magnesium plate (silver color) 4pc neck 1pc chemical reaction box 1pc head 1pc wire plates 1pc connection bar 1pc measuring cup 1pc support case 1pc dropper 1pc solar panel 1pc zipper bag (for activated 1pc carbon) solar panel cover frame 1pcSalt Water Battery Installation & Use 12. The final look after installation. 13. Pour 10ml water into the measuring Lets learn some cup and using the given spoon add in 3-4 spoons of any type of salt into the water. fun facts Friendly Reminder: Before starting the installation, Keep stirring the water until the salt is completely dissolved (saturated). use paper to cover your table to keep the working area clean. 1. Insert one copper plate (yellow) in the 2. Carefully open the bag of activated battery case as shown. carbon, use the spoon to pour an appropriate amount of activated carbon into the battery Salt Water Battery case as shown. Place the remaining activated carbon in the designated bag Alessandro Volta provided. Please be sure to push out as Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist & chemist who much air as possible then zip tight the bag. invented the first battery - Voltaic Pile, in the 1800s. The (Parent can help with this step.) base word Volt in the unit of measurement voltage is named in his honor. Alessandro Volta (1745~1827) was born to a noble family in the city of Como, Italy. At an early age he was 14. Use the dropper to collect the salt 15. Drop the saturated salt water through homeschooled by his uncle before going to the Jesuit water. the hole on the battery compartment, boarding school where the school pressured him to be a place the robot car on a smooth and flat priest. Voltas family had their own plans as they wanted surface. The robot car will start running. him to be a lawyer. Eventually finding his passion through (Only 10 drops of salt water are needed. electrical science, Volta began to make a name for himself through his research and Slowly add another drop after the one 3. Press down and smooth the 4. Place one absorbent paper on top of experiments early in his career. In 1779, due to his scientific achievements, he became before has been absorbed completely.) activated carbon, make sure the the activated carbon as shown. a professor of experimental physics at the University of Pavia. activated carbon evenly covers the surface as shown. Do not overfill. Wow 5. Secure one magnesium plate on top 6. Close the battery case cover as You did a great job of the absorbent paper as shown. shown, make sure its secured. (Remove On March 20, 1800, Volta introduced the voltaic pile, one of the first electrochemical some activated carbon if the cover cannot be closed securely.) cells, to the Royal Society of London. It is composed of several pairs of alternating copper and zinc discs separated by cardboard soaked in brine. Later on, Volta was able to arrange various metals in a potential series based on multiple experiments. He discovered that when using any two different metals to build a voltaic pile, the preceding metal carries positive charge and the latter metal carries negative charge. This is thecontact potential differenc. Due to his scientific achievements, Napoleon Bonaparte rewarded Volta with the title of Count and awarded him the Legion of Disclaimer: While the activated carbon is safe to Honor the highest French order of merit. handle it is best to be kept away from the eye, mouth, or open cuts. If done so, please use cold water to Improtant Follow these steps to safely store your robot for future reuse: wash thoroughly the area in which the activated How is the electricity generated from the salt water battery 1. Unplug the connectors. carbon touched. The salt water battery is actually called magnesium air battery, which turns the 2. Remove the chemical reaction box. chemical energy into electricity. It is made of magnesium, copper, activated carbon, 7. Install the wire plates to the chemical 8. Slide the battery case into the 3. Pull out the battery case, take out the magnesium plate, copper plate and absorbent paper, and salt water. All batteries have two electrodes. In this battery, reaction box as shown. (Note: insert the chemical reaction box as shown. absorbent paper, dispose the activated carbon. magnesium is one electrode, and oxygen from the air is the other electrode. When Red wire plate to the R side, and the 4. Wash the battery case and wipe it with a paper towel. Keep it for future use. magnesium and oxygen in the air have oxidation reaction, electric energy is produced. Black wire plate to the B side.) 5. The absorbent paper is reusable. Wash it and try to clean out as much of the The absorbent paper is used to absorb salt water into the battery case. The activated activated carbon residue as possible then leave out to dry for future use. carbon is used to absorb oxygen from the air in order to catalyze the reaction. The Note: The reused absorbent paper should be stored separately from the new copper plate is a conductor between the battery case and the wire plate. Black ones. You may also use your own paper towels/napkins as absorbent paper for the experiment. The electricity generated here is actually formed by the movement of electrons. The B 6. Copper and magnesium plates are reusable. Polish them with a sandpaper for oxygen from air and the water on the absorbent paper, together with electrons, will form future use. a microscopic particle called hydroxide ion. The hydroxide ion will oxidize the surface of R 7. After extended usage the magnesium plates will wear out eventually. Please Red the magnesium plate, where electrons are released. The two reactions take place replace if one does not work anymore. simultaneously, releasing electrons into the salt water. Salt is also known as sodium chloride. When its dissolved in the water, salt will be broken into chloride ions and sodium ions and serves as the electrolyte so that electrons can flow from magnesium 9. Press the battery case down to hold 10. Slide the battery case forward to Troubleshooting to carbon. Then, through the copper plate and the wires, electrons flow to the motor. down the two wire plates. Ensure that secure in place. (Note: The battery case This is the process that generates the current to power the motor. the copper and magnesium plates are should not be protruding out the back touching the wire plates by placing the from the chemical reaction box.) Solar Battery battery case above and pushing down Solar Battery until a click can be heard. Motor doesn t work Sunlight is not strong enough, or the solar panel is not facing directly to the sun. Solar battery, also known assolar cel orphotovoltaic cel, is a semiconductor with The solar battery will not work on a cloudy day or indoors. It only works under photoelectric effect that utilizes sunlight to generate electricity. Once certain illumination direct sunlight. conditions are met, it can output voltage and generate current in a circuit immediately. Solar panel will not work under a flashlight. In physics, it is called Photovoltaic (PV). Check the connectors and make sure they are plugged in correctly. Solar battery turns luminous energy into electric energy through photoelectric effect or photochemical effect. Solar energy is a green energy that causes no harm to the Salt Water Battery environment, but it also has a low conversion efficiency. Even for the best quality monocrystalline silicon solar cell this robot car uses, the conversion efficiency is less 11. Install the finished component on the support case and connect the wires together. Motor doesn t work after installing the salt water battery than 20%. Thus the robot car only runs under strong sunlight. A cloudy day or indoor (Note: match the right sides of the two connectors, do not plug forcibly. Please ask for Add a few more drops of saturated salt water environment will not provide enough electricity to power this product. To have the best parents help if you have trouble plugging in the connectors.) Lightly push the robot car forward to help it start. performance, we recommend play our solar powered robot car under a good sunlight Make sure the wire plates are in contact with the copper plate and the magnesium condition. plate. Slightly bend the wire plates up to make better contact. Check the copper plate and the magnesium plate, make sure they are not in Modern solar battery was invented by an American Nobel Prize winner Russell Ohl in contact. 1941. Check the connectors and make sure they are plugged in correctly. The robot car runs backwards Designed and Distributed By: Switch the wire plates, make sure all the connections and the battery case are put Tenergy Corporation together as illustrated in the instructions. 436 Kato Terrace, Fremont, CA 94539, USA Designed and Manufactured By: Battery is out of electricity Beijing Today Innovation Technology Co.,Ltd. Add a few more drops of saturated salt water. No.118, Floor 1, Building 1, No.7, North Ritan Road, If the surface of the magnesium plate turned black, polish it with a sandpaper, replace the activated carbon and the absorbent paper. Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC Polish the copper plate and the wire plates with a sandpaper. Questions or comments Please call us at 1 510-687-0388 or www.odevbot.com email us at service Tenergy.com