The hypocycloïdal drive in Telescope Making #46 p46-51 by Alb. v. Haasteren and C.Simons
Der hypozykloid-Trieb in Orion April 1996 p57-59 by H.G. Ziegler
The harmonic drive is very similar to the hypocycloïdal drive, in fact it's using the same principle. Explanation of this principle can be found at harmonic drive
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