Kukula kwa gudumu lapadziko lonse ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zaluso

Lingaliro la gimbal linayamba kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, pamene Mngelezi wina dzina lake Francis Westley analenga "gimbal", mpira wopangidwa ndi zipilala zitatu zomwe zimatha kuzungulira momasuka mbali iliyonse. Komabe, kapangidwe kameneka sikankagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri chifukwa kanali kokwera mtengo kupanga ndipo kukangana pakati pa zipilalazo kunapangitsa kuti kayendetsedwe kake kasayende bwino.

Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, munthu wina wa ku America anayambitsa kapangidwe katsopano ka mawilo anayi, lililonse lili ndi gudumu laling'ono lolunjika pa gudumu, zomwe zimathandiza kuti chipangizo chonsecho chiziyenda mbali iliyonse. Kapangidwe kameneka kamadziwika kuti "Omni Wheel" ndipo ndi kamodzi mwa mawilo oyambirira a gudumu lapadziko lonse.

M'zaka za m'ma 1950, mainjiniya wa NASA, Harry Wickham, adapanga gudumu labwino kwambiri la gimbal lomwe linali ndi ma disk atatu, lililonse limakhala ndi mzere wa mawilo ang'onoang'ono omwe amalola chipangizo chonsecho kuyenda mbali iliyonse. Kapangidwe kameneka kanadziwika kuti "Wickham Wheel" ndipo ndiye maziko a gimbal yamakono.

Luso la Wickham Wheel

Kuwonjezera pa ntchito zamafakitale ndi maloboti, ma gimbal agwiritsidwanso ntchito ndi akatswiri ena popanga zinthu zatsopano. Mwachitsanzo, wojambula zisudzo Ai Weiwei wagwiritsa ntchito ma gimbal popanga zinthu zake zaluso. Ntchito yake ya "Vanuatu gimbal" ndi gimbal yayikulu yokhala ndi mainchesi asanu, zomwe zimathandiza omvera kuyenda momasuka pa iyo.