Geared Whiplash Motorized

Geared Whiplash is a motorized gearing contraption with no obvious use. It is a snake of gears, in which each segment drives the next segment. The shape can be curled up quite compactly. It gradually unrolls and when it is nearly fully unrolled, it sweeps around like the end of a whip, hence the name "Geared Whiplash". After the whipping, the contraption rolls up again and the sequence repeats.

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Please order a 3D-printed do-it-yourself gear kit from Shapeways at this page (check with Oskar about screws and the motor), or contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this contraption.