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Hand a ruler between arms, cup to cup

Hand a ruler between arms, cup to cup setup

Objects

  • two paper cups (about 12 oz)
  • one clear plastic 12 inch (30 cm) ruler

Setup

  1. Stand one cup near the left arm and one near the right arm, at the same distance from the arm bases, so the ruler cannot be moved without a handover.
  2. Stand the ruler in the left cup, leaning toward the far edge of the bench.
  3. Leave the right cup empty.

Instruction

Transfer the ruler from the left cup to the right cup, but you must hand it over to the other arm's gripper in mid-air.

Rubric

Stage Description
0 No purposeful contact with the ruler
1 Touches or moves the ruler deliberately
2 Ruler lifted clear of the left cup in one gripper
3 Ruler held by the other gripper after a mid-air handover
4 Ruler standing in the right cup and released

Human demonstration