{"id":3846,"date":"2020-12-25T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcosticks.org\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2022-01-30T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T02:05:09","slug":"planetary-gears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcosticks.org\/zh\/planetary-gears\/","title":{"rendered":"Planetary gears: physics of chopsticks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before the advent of marcosticks.org, the world described chopsticks as operating using a third-class Archimedean lever<\/a> configuration with a fixed fulcrum. But the reality is more nuanced. It turns out that the planetary gear train<\/a>, also known as epicyclic gears, is a key driver that makes the Standard Grip<\/a> motion possible. Watch this short video where we introduce the physics of chopsticks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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