Has anyone seen a better SMOT toy than this one?

[Cloxxki]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WbaRZlUhNM

Great find by Stefan, thanks for reposting on YouTube.
Did it have a thread yet?

Lovely how his design can be tuned for the perfect air gap, per magnet.

Anyone with a 3D printer ought to be able to do a decent replication attempt if he's shared the files (he likely has but I didn't check), even easier.

My mind immediate goes to finding a way to curve the magnet (radially and vertically) so the balls or rotor can stay in a flat round plane with the smoothest torque possible. Sping load might substitute gravity to an extent, but you want a motor to work in any orientation and allow for shaking during operation.

Any serious reason to doubt the validy of the presentation?

[truesearch]

I want to hope it's real . . . . But without it being shown on a glass (see-through) table or especially any independent duplications I lean toward skepticism. . .

[Cloxxki]

That's a fair comment.

It'd love to see that on a glass table and then balls added until they start to interfere.
A clever feed ramp or twist and stop might manage to get in two or three balls per magnet.

[hartiberlin]

I also hope it is no fake ...
Regards, Stefan.

[skywatcher]

If anyone wants to waste his time, here are the original STL files.

But it doesn't work. Like any other SMOT, V-gate or whatever. It's never possible to close the loop.