Ci gaban ƙafafun duniya da kuma amfani da fasaha

Manufar gimbal ta samo asali ne tun farkon karni na 19, lokacin da wani Bature mai suna Francis Westley ya ƙirƙiro "gimbal", ƙwallon da aka yi da ƙusurwoyi uku waɗanda za su iya juyawa cikin 'yanci a kowace hanya. Duk da haka, ba a yi amfani da wannan ƙirar sosai ba saboda tana da tsada a ƙera ta kuma gogayya tsakanin ƙusurwoyin ta sa motsi ya yi laushi.

Sai a farkon ƙarni na 20 ne wani ɗan ƙasar Amurka ya ƙirƙira wani sabon ƙira wanda ya ƙunshi ƙafafun huɗu, kowannensu yana da ƙaramin tayoyi a tsaye a kan ƙafafun, wanda hakan ya ba da damar dukkan na'urar ta motsa a kowace hanya. Wannan ƙira ana kiranta da "Tayar Omni" kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin magabatan ƙafafun duniya.

A shekarun 1950, injiniyan NASA Harry Wickham ya ƙirƙiro wata dabara mai kyau wadda ta ƙunshi faifan diski guda uku, kowannensu yana da jerin ƙananan ƙafafun da ke ba da damar dukkan na'urar ta motsa a kowace hanya. Wannan ƙira ta zama sananne a matsayin "Wickham Wheel" kuma ita ce tushen gimbal na zamani.

Fasaha ta Wickham Wheel

Baya ga fannin masana'antu da na robotics, wasu masu fasaha sun yi amfani da gimbals don ayyukan kirkire-kirkire. Misali, mai zane-zane Ai Weiwei ya yi amfani da gimbals a cikin ayyukansa na fasaha. Aikinsa "Vanuatu gimbal" babban gimbal ne mai diamita na mita biyar, wanda ke ba masu kallo damar yin yawo a kai cikin 'yanci.