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Re: Color sorting LEGO bricks...
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lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 21:16:31 GMT
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Well, yes, I suppose I could. But then again, the mindstorms version won't
remove Walnut shells from walnuts and even if it did, I don't think it could
do 8 tons per hour. Still, I would like to see a mindstorms one as well.
Mike
Zonker Harris <ba-lego@cinnamon.com> wrote in message
news:v03130307b51152c178ad@[157.57.198.180]...
> Mike Poindexter wrote (in part):
> > > We have an Elbiscan Laser Sorter that could sort the
> > > bricks by color with 99% accuracy.
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> > > Still, it would be pretty crazy to see that operation and
> > > the Lugnet crew would die to see a $400,000 computer controlled
> > > laser Lego sorter in action.
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> So, couldn't you just use some technic parts to make a conveyor
> and shaker, using 9-V motors to shake/vibrate the assembly to move
> parts past the Mindstorms light sensor, and us a motor to knock
> the "detected" color into one bin while the other color keeps
> getting moved down into another bin? The mindstorms could just
> run the whole thing, using the touch switches to sense when the
> catch-bins have been removed, etc. Sounds like a $399,700 savings
> from the other solution, and I'd be much more interested in seeing
> the Mindstorms sorter. ;-)
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> -Z-
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> Zonker Harris (zonkerh@corp.webtv.net, zonker@gnac.com)
> GNAC Broadband Network Architect, Microsoft Broadband Deployment
> MS-SVC3:2609 1065 La Avenida, Mt. View, CA
> v) 650.693.8403 f) 650.693.2804
>
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| Mike Poindexter wrote (in part): (...) So, couldn't you just use some technic parts to make a conveyor and shaker, using 9-V motors to shake/vibrate the assembly to move parts past the Mindstorms light sensor, and us a motor to knock the "detected" (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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