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Rock Skip Robot- The Science of Perfect Rock Skipping

Mark Rober 23,809,213 6 years ago
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Shout out to Skippa the robot for her help on this one. MUSIC- 0:11- Cereal Killa- Blue Wednesday - https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/ 0:35- Pokemon in NYC- Andrew Applepie- http://andrewapplepie.com/ 1:14- Danijel Zambo- Moutain King- https://soundcloud.com/danijel-zambo 2:54- Faidherbe Square- ProleteR- https://soundcloud.com/proleter-beatmaker 3:35- Berlin- Andrew Applepie- http://andrewapplepie.com/ 4:44- Arrow- Andrew Applepie- http://andrewapplepie.com/ 8:13- Q- Blue Wednesday - https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/ 10:00- Too Happy to be cool by Notebreak- https://soundcloud.com/notebreak/dubstep-too-happy-to-be-cool Summary: I built a rock skipping robot with the help of my nieces and nephews to understand the perfect way to skip a rock. In the end we learned that 4 things matter most: 1) Rock angle of 20 degrees 2) Rock PATH angle of 20 degrees 3) Spin the rock as much as possible 4) Choose a rock that is flat on the bottom and as heavy as possible for you to still get to your max arm speed. MERCH- They are soft- https://teespring.com/stores/markrober PLEASE CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING: http://tinyurl.com/MarkRober-Sub ****************************************­ I make videos like this once a month all year long while supplies last: CHECK OUT MY CHANNEL: http://tinyurl.com/MarkRober-YouTube FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MarkRoberYouTube TWITTER: https://twitter.com/#!/MarkRober INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/markrober/

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