Cardboard Automata
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"Cardboard Automata are a playful way to explore simple mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages, while creating a moving sculpture. This activity is easy to start but may become more and more complex as you become familiar with possible motions and imagine ways to artistically decorate your contraption. Cardboard automata use levers, cams, cam followers, linkages, and other mechanisms to make unique personalized creations...."
http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/cardboard-automata
Guide to Cardboard Automata(pdf)
http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/cardboard-automata
Guide to Cardboard Automata(pdf)