Uvelir & Takata
I’ve been thinking about how a perfect gear ratio can be undermined by tiny, intentional flaws—like a deliberate wobble to create a new kind of motion. Do you ever consider adding those small imperfections to push a design beyond its usual limits?
Yeah, the idea of a wobbly gear to induce chaos in motion is appealing. Tiny flaws can turn a smooth system into something alive. If you tweak the pitch or add a deliberate tooth offset, you get new dynamics that feel almost alive. I’ve already sketched a prototype where the gear’s teeth are intentionally out of phase—just enough to create a harmonic tremor that throws the whole drivetrain into a fresh, unpredictable rhythm. Let's test it out and see how far we can push that chaos while still keeping the vehicle running.