• Domino Machine

    1. Grades 6-8
    2. Grades 9-12

    $29.954.8

    What could be cooler than building a domino run? How about a friendly, wiggle-eyed robot that sets up your dominoes for you? Engineer your very own dazzling domino machine, then use it to lay out a variety of daring domino runs you design yourself! Ready to put your tip-top toppling skills to the test?

    Why it’s awesome

    1. Engineered for fun

      This ‘bot cranks out perfectly-spaced dominoes with a grin.

    2. High-energy science

      Engineer your own creative chain-reaction contraptions.

    3. Stack, crash, repeat

      Build ‘em up, knock ‘em down, then play it again (and again).

    What’s included?

    • wood set (16 pcs)

    • 2 plastic gears

    • crank wheel

    • motor

    • battery pack

    • 8 push washers

    • 17 rubber rings

    • 2 dowels

    • 6 rubber bands

    • 100 dominoes

    • screw

    • 3 zip ties

    • sticky foam sheet

    • screwdriver

    • 2 wiggle eyes

    • silicone sticker sheet

    • clear sticker sheet

    • illustrated instruction booklet

    • Tinker Zine

    Topics explored

    1. Engineering

    2. Chain reactions

    3. Energy transfer

    Additional details

    From the desk of the product designer:

    Behind the design

    “When we were testing an early prototype, one of our coworkers said it looked like a cute robot spitting out dominoes. So they drew a face on it. From then on, the domino machine had a face!”

    - KiwiCo Product Designer

    By the numbers

    460

    Domino runs set up for testing

    8

    Gears prototyped

    150!

    Most dominos toppled in a single run

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