Tunanin gimbal ya samo asali ne a farkon karni na 19, lokacin da wani Bature mai suna Francis Westley ya kirkiro "gimbal", ƙwallon da aka yi da sassa uku wanda zai iya jujjuya kyauta ta kowace hanya. Duk da haka, ba a yi amfani da wannan ƙirar sosai ba saboda yana da tsada don kera shi kuma rashin jituwa tsakanin sassan ya sa motsi ya ragu.
Sai a farkon karni na 20 ne wani dan kasar Amurka ya fito da wani sabon zane mai dauke da tafukan guda hudu, kowanne yana da karamar dabaran daidai da jirgin, wanda ke baiwa na'urar damar tafiya ta kowace hanya. Ana kiran wannan ƙira da “Welwheel Omni” kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin magabata na dabaran duniya.
A cikin shekarun 1950, injiniyan NASA, Harry Wickham, ya ƙirƙira wata dabarar da ta fi kyau ta gimbaled wadda ta ƙunshi fayafai guda uku, kowanne da jeri na ƙananan ƙafafu wanda ke ba da damar gabaɗayan na'urar ta motsa ta kowace hanya. Wannan zane ya zama sananne da "Wickham Wheel" kuma shine tushen gimbal na zamani.
Aiki na Wickham Wheel
Baya ga filayen masana'antu da na'urorin mutum-mutumi, wasu masu fasaha kuma sun yi amfani da gimbals don yunƙurin ƙirƙira. Misali, mai zane Ai Weiwei ya yi amfani da gimbals a cikin kayan fasahar sa. Ayyukansa "Vanuatu gimbal" shine gimbal gimba mai girma tare da diamita na mita biyar, wanda ya ba da damar masu sauraro su motsa cikin yardar kaina.
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-27-2023