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Comment by _xerces_

8 months ago

Strain-wave gears are becoming popular in many areas including astronomy for sky-tracking telescope mounts, they're kind of odd but clever.

https://howtomechatronics.com/how-it-works/what-is-strain-wa...

If you search on YouTube there are a couple of good videos where people have 3D printed their own to demonstrate the principles

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