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The familiar tick-tock of wall clocks originates from the escapement mechanism, which controls gear movement in precise steps ...

The clock had been built for the owner of one of Portland’s most prominent buildings of the early 20th century.

The tick-tick sound comes from the movement of gears and parts inside the clock. In mechanical clocks, a part called the escapement mechanism controls this sound.

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Abstract: For 3D walking control of a biped robot we analyze the dynamics of a 3D inverted pendulum in which motion is constrained to move along an arbitrarily defined plane. This analysis yields a ...