The Marble Machine Solar Powered

One of the projects featured there was the marble machine something we really thought was a cool project and so we worked with him to bring you the solarbotics edition solar powered.

The marble machine solar powered.

The wooden parts come in handy panels with additional instructions. Solarbotics have added a solar cell with a smart circuit to this clever marble machine. The wintergartan marble machine works by sending thousands of steel marbles around a circuit albeit an enormously complex one. Solarbotics solar gravitrack marble machine kit is their newest addition to the marble drop mechanism family.

The circuit takes the light from the solar cell stores it and releases it in a pulse making the gear wheel move which eventually drops the marble down the spiral. In sunlight the motor will pulse every few seconds and drop a ball every minute. The solarengine circuit turns normally unusable room light into pulses of power that moves metal marbles to the top of a rolling spiral. You will witness the fascinating step by step action of the arms as the geometry changes periodically.

Gravitrack is also available in a continuous motion battery powered version which does not require soldering specifications. You will need a soldering iron philips 1 screwdriver and a tiny bit of glue. With more than 14 years as the leading voice in the maker movement we offer a wide range of topics in our magazines and book series such as 3d printing robotics programming microcontrollers and drones crafting and much more for all skill levels. Easy to build with engraved building notes solar powered or hand crank operation.

The more light it gets the more often it moves. The solarbotics marble machine kit solar edition. Our resources have been u. The kit contains all the parts to build your own mini marble machine except for tools.

The solar version pulse moves the elegant hand off mechanism that passes marbles to the top of a sweeping multi level track. Intermediate skill level ages 12. It s solar powered stop action motion. This is the solar cousin of the battery pack marble machine both originally designed by martin raynsford no batteries no springs just marble motion from the ambient light.