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Inside the machine / 01
A simple grasp.
An intricate machine.
A motor starts the movement. A transmission carries it to the fingers. Joints turn that movement into a grasp. Explore the parts behind a familiar gesture.
Conceptual mechanism. Geometry and motion are illustrative; this is not a product specification or a physical simulation.
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