Abstract: A mechanism for movement of an object along a prefixed path, substantially of elliptical shape, including a support base provided with a single motor and at least two arms linked to each other at one end, with the free end of the outer arm carrying a supporting means for articles to be moved, thus forming a handling device. The arms, are rotated about parallel axes by a drive system located inside of the arms. The drive system has a transmission ratio associated with the connection between each arm. The paths along which the arms successive to the first one move are defined by the transmission ratios. The transmission ratio in the outermost arm determines the translation and possible contemporaneous rotation of the supporting means.