Mechanical puzzle

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A mechanical puzzle is a puzzle presented as a set of mechanically interlinked pieces.

Types of mechanical puzzles

• disentanglement puzzles (also called take-apart puzzles): Here some or all of the pieces have to be separated from the other pieces.
• impossible objects : seemingly impossible constructions. You have to guess how they have been produced.
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• lock puzzles (also called trick locks): Here you are given a lock for a door or similar. If you are given a key, it will not open the lock in the conventional way.
• rearrangement mechanical puzzles : Here the pieces have to be rearranged in a certain way in order to achieve a certain setup. Sometimes such a puzzle is presented in a solved state, but is easily changed into a difficult setup by a few moves by the player.
  • Nintendo Ten Billion Barrel : manipulate mechanically connected parts of a barrel
  • Pyraminx : manipulate mechanically connected parts of a pyramid
  • Rubik's Cube : manipulate mechanically connected 3x3x3 cube
  • string-only puzzles (make a knot or rearrange from one knot to another).
• trick-knife puzzles : you either have to find out how to open the folding knife or how to close it.

Simulated mechanical puzzles

While many computer games and computer puzzles simulate mechanical puzzles, these simulated mechanical puzzles are usually not strictly classified as mechanical puzzles.

See also

connection puzzles, puzzles, simulated mechanical puzzles