I believe a common gear used is a cycloidal gear for various reasons.
check: http://www.gearshub.com/cycloid-gears.html
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Planocentric replaced the cycloid drive. The Planocentric
involute gear also known as a wobble mechanism, used for speed
reducing mechanism as an ingenious mechanism.
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The length of one arch of a cycloid generated by a circle of
radius r is 8r.
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No. You can, however, get Cycloid. Exactly. Hammer Gorem,
Cycloid, and Tricloid are arguably the three best Sub Terra
Bakugan, actually.