Key to legendary mechanical lion found in code for Leonardo Da Vinci's robot

[The Straight Story]

Key to legendary mechanical lion found in code for Leonardo Da Vinci's robot


He can't flip pancakes, fold clothes or walk on the moon.
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One of the sketches on the blueprint that was overlooked (throw out the useless sketches and you're left with the invention, Mr Rizzo says) was of a drum.

Mr Gabrieli eventually linked the drum with the knight's arrms and found the sketch of the mechanism which showed how Da Vinci wanted it built.

That machine beat a perfect tattoo when he wound the handle at the back, but even more surprising was what happened when that drum was placed in the robot's chest.

The cylinder suddenly, magically, became its heart. The rhythm it gave the knight caused all the other parts to work in perfect unison, without a hint of friction.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/da-vicnis-robot/story-e6frfro0-1225869918564