This seems like a good idea. I hope the actually sell a box with everything needed for it, plus a manual. I would so buy this if I was running a little candy shop. I would probably use this and sell a little jar for about a dollar. It seems like it could help tons of people. Great video.
Hello, This is an amazing project! I played with RCXs too. I think an interesting thing you should do is show some facts about this project: how many RCXs, how many lego bricks (average), how much time did it took and how many participated, what software did you use to program them (lego's one or another one) and other things like that! Again excellent job, I'm amazed.
Well Knusel111, keep it up! Love those creations of yours and your students. Wish i could get into a class like that. Working on Computer Programming atm.
This is way better than any old Epson printer! The sounds add to the machine feeling, and if you add to much speed, the nostalgia goes away. Nice touch with the lid, where can I order one?
To tell you the truth, I thought the machine would just be a small little thing, but it's huge! This was definitley worth watching. 5 stars all the way!
whoa...can you answer some questions from a fan?1.was it long to make it?,2.why does it go slow,get a faster motor,and 3.any more ideas you have in mind?
This is hard to say, because the sorters works with random. In each colourline have to be at least 9 bubblegums, so when there are for example no red ones in the storage you have to wai as long till nine red bubblegums are available. From this point on it it took about one to two minutes i think.
I'd imagine some sort of finely tuned Light Sensitive Resistor, so at different wavelengths of light it would put out a different voltage. Then you find out what voltage range each colour of bubblegum produces (With your light source, in this case a red light from what I see, perhaps infrared?), and have the mindstorms identify that voltage, then move the sorter to the appropriate position. Ofcourse, this is all speculation, might have been done a different way.
Omg, that was so awesome.. How long did it take to make it?! You guys are really awesome.. Oh, and it makes me very proud to come from the same country as LEGO x]
far out!! i love the design, sure it would probs be quicker doing it yourself but beingable to make lego out of all things do it! haha its awesome. how many RCXs did u use? the programing must have taken a while too, gr8 work =D
I think that is pretty cool :-) keep it up man. Awesome. just the downside is that they are kind of slow, but considering what you made a lego creation do, I think it is great. Good work.
I am on the robotics team at my highschool...we also use lego mindstorms but I cannot say that we've created anything quite like this this must have taken SO LONG TO BUILD let alone program good job!
moskitoninja, This is a good exercise in planning/designing factory processes and machinery without spending TONS of money. Legos can be reused. No, lego machinery is not high-speed. Don't worry about it though, ~it was a good project.
Nice Job. Its brilliant ^_^! It even screws on the jar lids. Just a question though. Do u have to program the pattern of colors for each jar or does it just repeat the first pattern multiple times?
That's super awesoe, it just could be little faster, but that doesnt matter, because it will take long time to build that kinda machine with LEGO PIECES!! How does it but right colored bubblegums in right colored packets?
That's actually really small. It's just a close up so things look bigger. The bottle is small enough to fit in your hand, so except for the sorter, the whole machine is probably shorter than a typical male adult.
@Cheesepickles22 he is on a german school its called vhg bogen and they actually show these buildings on open house days when younger children and there parents are looking for a school in which they then go when they come into 5th class
That was fantastic! Extremely clever :) Would love to know the actual capabilities of the machine though, wasn't completely clear from the video. However, did you know that you can buy packs of ready-sorted bubblegum from the shops? ;-)
its really cool and all but when did you find the time and pations to do this, i like building things with legos but i build like little houses that even my 4 year old cosin think is crap i don't think i could ever do that.
I'm not sure if this is how they actually fill the bottles or pouches, but i'm sure that's not how they close them and transport them... it's very slow and very one-by-one. however, it's a great program and very nice construction... what's that an academic project? what degree? how many months?
This is what my dad does at work, only on an industrial scale with PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers) that control the robots... big ones... like million dollar assembly lines. Very cool stuff, and nearly flawless automation too... it's just a shame that the lego motors are so slow.
This is absolutely amazing!!! I soo wish that I could have made something like this, but my brain is depleting with every day. by the time I die I will probably not even know what this is, haha.
This thing has the obvious benefit of being able to do hundreds of redundant processes without laboriously taxing a person. So if you wanted to sort a huge mass of gumballs it is obviously practical. Also maybe there was a creative element involved... maybe just to prove this oculd be don using this technology. I don't know maybe you missed that.
I've changed the LEDs in 4 colour sensors. These moddified sensors are put in the black box you can see on the top of the machine. The colour is identificated by the reflection of light. I hope I could help you.
oh my goodness! how long did it take you guys to build that? I say.. 2-3 years? Hahah.. Great job guys! I'm still using the manual on how to build an NXT. LOL
At first, seeing all the hardware, I thought it was going to shoot the bumballs into the jars based on color. But it is more like a distribution center.
Omg that is so amazing! I've had problems programming just 1 RCX LOL. (Haven't programmed before though) After seeing this, I don't want you to see my "project" ;)
This is awesome! But... Wouldn't it be easier to just pick out the colors you want from a pile, put them in a jar, and screw the lid on yourself, instead of waiting five minutes for a machine to do it for you?
I used to love rewatching this over and over as a kid.
Me too. Back when I had nothing better to do than watch the same youtube videos over and over again.
One of the first vids i ever watched on YT
That's an awesome robot! A mini assembly line, that must have been fun watching it come together!
This seems like a good idea. I hope the actually sell a box with everything needed for it, plus a manual. I would so buy this if I was running a little candy shop. I would probably use this and sell a little jar for about a dollar. It seems like it could help tons of people.
Great video.
thats the sweetest thing i ever saw. it would probably take like 5 months to build that. i wish i had 1.
OMB & OMFG!!!! :D That is the coolest mindstorms i have EVER seen. Kudos to everyone who spent 3,000 hours doing it! :]
Hello,
This is an amazing project! I played with RCXs too. I think an interesting thing you should do is show some facts about this project: how many RCXs, how many lego bricks (average), how much time did it took and how many participated, what software did you use to program them (lego's one or another one) and other things like that!
Again excellent job, I'm amazed.
5:15 i laughed so hard when the jar goes down . Lol .
Well Knusel111, keep it up! Love those creations of yours and your students. Wish i could get into a class like that. Working on Computer Programming atm.
This is way better than any old Epson printer! The sounds add to the machine feeling, and if you add to much speed, the nostalgia goes away. Nice touch with the lid, where can I order one?
Dedicated Lego Roboticians, I salute you, that thing is MASSIVE! I don't want to think about how long that took to design and make lol
To tell you the truth, I thought the machine would just be a small little thing, but it's huge! This was definitley worth watching. 5 stars all the way!
The other guy's one is faster, but this one is a lot better. I can't imagine how much work was put into this.
You know what, this is even more amazing than your car maker! I hope you keep building Mindstorms machines!
that's really amazing work. i remember how hard it was to program those robots, so it must have taken a lot of time
whoa...can you answer some questions from a fan?1.was it long to make it?,2.why does it go slow,get a faster motor,and 3.any more ideas you have in mind?
Bravo Guys. Very "clean" and beautiful work. Bravo!
This is hard to say, because the sorters works with random. In each colourline have to be at least 9 bubblegums, so when there are for example no red ones in the storage you have to wai as long till nine red bubblegums are available. From this point on it it took about one to two minutes i think.
There should be a Nobel Prize for Lego Engineering so you team could win it.
I'd imagine some sort of finely tuned Light Sensitive Resistor, so at different wavelengths of light it would put out a different voltage.
Then you find out what voltage range each colour of bubblegum produces (With your light source, in this case a red light from what I see, perhaps infrared?), and have the mindstorms identify that voltage, then move the sorter to the appropriate position.
Ofcourse, this is all speculation, might have been done a different way.
Omg, that was so awesome..
How long did it take to make it?!
You guys are really awesome..
Oh, and it makes me very proud to come from the same country as LEGO x]
far out!! i love the design, sure it would probs be quicker doing it yourself but beingable to make lego out of all things do it! haha its awesome. how many RCXs did u use? the programing must have taken a while too, gr8 work =D
Nice thinking, robotics is fun and can be applied to do all sorts of things. They are great in manufacturer's.....fast, reliable and cheap.
Thats just sooo cool. I would buy one of them if it was in the shops :P
Fantastic!
I think that is pretty cool :-) keep it up man. Awesome. just the downside is that they are kind of slow, but considering what you made a lego creation do, I think it is great. Good work.
I am on the robotics team at my highschool...we also use lego mindstorms
but I cannot say that we've created anything quite like this
this must have taken SO LONG TO BUILD let alone program
good job!
Forget Willie and the chocolate factory, here we have Knusel111 and the bubblegum sorting factory! Instant fav! =D
great you sit there with your fancy gumball sorter while i cant even build a good fricken airplane!
nice job though
That silence with sounds of machines that move slowly reminds me of 2001: A Space Odissey
Come on - its a learning experience. Some of these guys will go on to become our robotics experts of the future!
still, it's the most awesome thing i've ever seen made of legos. you guys should work at the mindstorms division of lego!!!!!!!!
moskitoninja, This is a good exercise in planning/designing factory processes and machinery without spending TONS of money. Legos can be reused. No, lego machinery is not high-speed. Don't worry about it though, ~it was a good project.
WOW. I have seen it 10 times now, and it is still GREAT.
A lot of houers hard work. It is just great. :) lol
cool!!!!!!!! unbelieveble!!!!!!! en zo mooi gemaakt!!!! hij is echt geweldig!
Looks like it was over complicated but as Adam Savage says,"If its worth doing its worth overdoing!" and for that machine I must commend you 5/5
Nice Job. Its brilliant ^_^! It even screws on the jar lids. Just a question though. Do u have to program the pattern of colors for each jar or does it just repeat the first pattern multiple times?
well that looks like the beginning of a great company ;-D
Wow. Mindstorms is incredibly versatile, it seems.
That is very cool and I can tell it took a some time to put together.
How much did this end up costing? If you don't mind me asking.
Thats the most elaborate thing I have ever seen. Congratulations! About how long does it take to identify, sort, dispense, and package 9 gum balls?
This is crazy. Awesome. good work guys. Some people might call you nerds, buy how many people can do that!
That's super awesoe, it just could be little faster, but that doesnt matter, because it will take long time to build that kinda machine with LEGO PIECES!! How does it but right colored bubblegums in right colored packets?
That's actually really small. It's just a close up so things look bigger. The bottle is small enough to fit in your hand, so except for the sorter, the whole machine is probably shorter than a typical male adult.
Yep sure is! If its worht over doing its worth over doing! Gotta love the Mythbusters ;)
5/5 Nice work!
Happy 50th birthday, LEGO brick!
Great job! you deserve a medal!
Man I wish they had this sorta stuff when I was a kid. Just basic lego for me!
@Cheesepickles22 he is on a german school its called
vhg bogen
and they actually show these buildings on open house days when younger children and there parents are looking for a school in which they then go when they come into 5th class
That was fantastic! Extremely clever :) Would love to know the actual capabilities of the machine though, wasn't completely clear from the video.
However, did you know that you can buy packs of ready-sorted bubblegum from the shops? ;-)
where do you see that it didd'nt sort the colours? the machine did what it had to do. All worked fine.
that is really way to coool, cant even imagine how long it would take
okey, people with brains ARE cool xD That was so fikkin creative : ) You should build a machine that makes lego-humans. A robot factory or sumthin : D
that was cool, it doesn't quite solve world hunger but it's epic none the less
I wish our scholl had enough money to realize Projects like this
this is really amazing!
how many lego bricks were used to make it?
to me, it looked about 10.
its really cool and all but when did you find the time and pations to do this, i like building things with legos but i build like little houses that even my 4 year old cosin think is crap i don't think i could ever do that.
Dang, how much mindstorm stuff did you buy to build that giant thing?
That's awsome!
I'm not sure if this is how they actually fill the bottles or pouches, but i'm sure that's not how they close them and transport them... it's very slow and very one-by-one.
however, it's a great program and very nice construction... what's that an academic project? what degree? how many months?
Crapp, this is a nice machine :O
How long time did u use? How much money did it cost?
i like it, and.... its use baterys?
u guys are not nerds
u guys are awsome for making this awsome machine
I loved how your machine worked! May I have a jar of bubblegum?
Wow cool. How many hours did your school team spent on this? =X
what!?! that looks like a Berkley science project, nice work!
This one is much more interesting then the one color sorter that was featured.
woooooow!! I wish I had that much Lego! The only problem is it takes about ten minutes to get one tiny jar of gumballs. Still, nice machine!
Holy Cow!! was that like 5 RCX's!!! really cool. Were you on a robtoics team?
its HUGE lego project! respect
...why I decided not to major in engineering. I wish I were able to create something remotely close to that. Insane.
This is what my dad does at work, only on an industrial scale with PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers) that control the robots... big ones... like million dollar assembly lines. Very cool stuff, and nearly flawless automation too... it's just a shame that the lego motors are so slow.
This is absolutely amazing!!! I soo wish that I could have made something like this, but my brain is depleting with every day. by the time I die I will probably not even know what this is, haha.
This thing has the obvious benefit of being able to do hundreds of redundant processes without laboriously taxing a person. So if you wanted to sort a huge mass of gumballs it is obviously practical.
Also maybe there was a creative element involved... maybe just to prove this oculd be don using this technology. I don't know maybe you missed that.
I've changed the LEDs in 4 colour sensors. These moddified sensors are put in the black box you can see on the top of the machine. The colour is identificated by the reflection of light. I hope I could help you.
it's amazing what ppl can do with legos
oh my goodness! how long did it take you guys to build that? I say.. 2-3 years? Hahah.. Great job guys! I'm still using the manual on how to build an NXT. LOL
thats how a real production plant works packing things.....that machine is really big though....you think you can make it faster and smaller?
That's nice, how much does it produce in 1 hour?
At first, seeing all the hardware, I thought it was going to shoot the bumballs into the jars based on color. But it is more like a distribution center.
thats awsome its like a little mini factory
i must say, u very enthusiastically shake that jar of gumballs at the end :)
Ich hol gleich meinen Legokasten aus dem Keller. Oh mann, bekomm ich jetzt Lust zu basteln ;)
This is amazing, how do you do it?
yo dude it great! were can i get 1 or were can i get the bits for one
im just speachless about what you've reached with lego's ! mastermind !
you should try to sell them, you could get rich of it =P
Omg that is so amazing! I've had problems programming just 1 RCX LOL. (Haven't programmed before though)
After seeing this, I don't want you to see my "project" ;)
pretty cool. woulda been better if they used smaller gears at certain stages so it would go a little faster, but still very impressive.
Good job. Well done!!!
wow that is BIG! awesome video
Wow. 15 years ago this technology would cost millions of dollars. Now my 7 year old gets it for his birthday.
This is awesome! But...
Wouldn't it be easier to just pick out the colors you want from a pile, put them in a jar, and screw the lid on yourself, instead of waiting five minutes for a machine to do it for you?
This is pretty cool and all, but I can imagine it would be much more efficient to just do it by hand.
wow, how long does it take to make (and perfect) something like that =O
Dude your models own I wish if I ewas as good as you :D
DUDE! That was amazing!
that is fucking insane imagine how much all the lego would cost and how many batteries it would need...
Very nice, although i think some things could have been solved with less motors (like getting the loaded glass off from the rotating arm)
Quite impressive young jedi.
Where can i buy those Lego jars? And Lego gum? ;) :D
only 4 word to say: AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING and AMAZING!!!
yeah, thats totally awesome, gratz to you my friends.....still though.... i wonder....can you make multiple jars, like, rapid fire?