Reuleaux, learn from the Masters

http://kmoddl.library.cornell.edu/collection-toc.php

Take the Geneva Movement, for example, a simple way to make a sudden movement, then a halt, then another sudden movement, etc., all that out of a simple, no-nags, electric motor.

(photo taken from the KMODL site, as you can see from the image's properties, go there, the home link's the one above)

So no need for a  robot , where one of those mechanisms can do the trick... AND you'll never know how much you can learn from there, there's  levers, worm wheels, gear wheels, pulleys, belt drives, anything to help you make from your garage's door mechanism, to a better mousetrap!

So look and learn, this web Page is a one-stop Mechanics course!

A little CULTURE, this below is the one of the famous four-bar machines!

I believe (wild guessing time!) this is the remote origin of the FUBAR* term for "really screwed-up", as the things are real weird-moving!

*FUBAR, or F**** Up Beyond All Recognition.

Of course, F**** means "Fouled". Hum...

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