Editing Leonardo's robot (section)

== Design ==
Leonardo’s robot is largely controlled by a system of pulleys composed of a central driver, individual drivers, and supporting [[Idler pulley|idler pulleys]].<ref name=":02" /> The inside of the robot's chest contains a mechanical controller for the arms.<ref name=":02" /> This controller triggers the [[Worm drive|worm gears]] connected to the robot’s pulley system, enabling the robot to wave its arms.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":32" /> The robot’s legs are controlled with an external [[Crank (mechanism)|crank]] and cable system attached to key pivots on the ankles, knees, and hips.<ref name=":12" /> The robot’s inner mechanisms are hidden behind a German-Italian suit of medieval armor.<ref name=":22">{{Cite journal |last=Pasek |first=Anne |date=2014 |title=Renaissance Robotics: Leonardo da Vinci's Lost Knight and Enlivened Materiality |url=https://shiftjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/01_Pasek.pdf |journal=Graduate Journal of Visual and Material Culture |issue=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103212349/https://shiftjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/01_Pasek.pdf |archive-date=2023-11-03 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

The robot’s head has a hinged jaw and is attached to a flexible neck.<ref name=":12" /> The robot’s body can sit upright and move its arms around in various directions.<ref name=":12" /> The robot's lower body operates with three [[Degrees of freedom (mechanics)|degrees of freedom]] while the arms utilize a four-degree-of-freedom system, possibly so the robot can perform whole-arm grasping.<ref name=":32" />

Drums located inside of the robot produce sounds as the rest of the body moves.<ref name=":12" /> Like many other mechanical forms of palatial entertainment at the time, the robot may have been designed to scare audiences.<ref name=":22" />