Paddle Boat Model (VIDEO)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Caption

This is an illustrative example of a paddle boat using three interacting rotating magnets (red arrows) as a drive. Two magnets are connected to the paddles and one to the driver. If the driver magnet is rotated, the paddles move accordingly (yellow arrows).

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OIST

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