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Monday, September 13, 2010

Free plans for a ramp-walking wooden rhino toy

Exclusive: The Automata / Automaton Blog is please to present this set of wooden toy plans!

Retired civil engineer, cartoonist, automata & toy maker Roberto Lou Ma (creator of the ramp-walking robot figure) has been so generous as to create and share this set of instructions on how to make a ramp-walking rhinoceros. The figure uses geometric figures and straight cuts, so it should be fairly easy for everyone to make.

Click on each of the images below for full-sized plans and patterns. Download these to your computer or print them directly from your browser window (being sure that they are at full size).

Step 1: Intro to the wooden rhino ramp walker toy

Step 2: Patterns for rhino ramp walker toy

Here are the rhino toy patterns in PDF format, which will allow you to print them out at full size.

Step 3: Assembly instructions for the rhino ramp walker

Step 4: Hinge and glue details for the ramp walker

Step 5: Making the ramp for the rhino to walk upon

Thanks to Roberto Lou Ma for the wonderful set of mechanical toy plans!

Check out more cool creations by Roberto Lou Ma on his YouTube channel.


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13 comments:

  1. FabriceSeptember 14, 2010 at 12:39 AM

    This is great stuff !
    Thanks a lot to Roberto and to you Dug.
    Would be very interesting to see also how the robot is made.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 11:48 PM

    You can watch Walking Rhino in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWYQS8H1X_g

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    Traced components from download yield an excellent result, however figured dimensions are in many cases wrong to scale.

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  4. RobertoFebruary 5, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Fabrice:
    I am preparing a set of instructions for making the Walking Robot. I will send them to Dug as soon as I have them ready, just give me a little time.

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  5. AnonymousMay 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80s1sIvYk0A

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  6. patSeptember 26, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    Thank you :)

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  7. TonyMay 1, 2013 at 7:40 AM

    Thanks for the detailed instructions. I have always wondered how these things actually work.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 3, 2013 at 11:52 AM

    I love this toys!!! I have been looking all over to learn how to make them!!!
    Thank you!!!

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  9. UnknownDecember 31, 2014 at 1:14 PM

    My Rhino wont walk..tried everything inc ramp gradient etc. very accurately made..

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  10. UnknownDecember 31, 2014 at 1:16 PM

    Do the feet have to be one complete sweep of 8 " radius or slightly swept in to the join....?

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  11. Vicente DolzApril 8, 2018 at 7:59 AM

    Gracias, Rlouma.
    Acabo de construir un rinoceronte usando tus diseños, pero he usado cartón de una caja de cereales. Sería para mí un placer mostrártelo si me indicas como puedo enviarte las fotos y vídeo.
    Saludos!

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  12. UnknownOctober 8, 2018 at 1:11 AM

    Gracias por compartir tus juguetes caminantes son divertidos y geniaIes.

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  13. ec3urOctober 14, 2019 at 3:56 PM

    Quiero hacer un caminante cómo un humano. Alguien tiene un planito de las piernas solamente! Gracias...

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