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NXT BrickSorter - Sorting bricks with a HiTechnic colour sensor.
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Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:17:17 GMT
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What better idea to come up with to test the HiTechnic colour sensor then to
build a LEGO brick sorter.  So, that’s what I did.  After quickly learning that
the sensor does not read colour from a distance (in my excitement I forgot to
read the documentation), and creating a room navigating robot (see CT1 on my
site), I decided to test its brick sorting abilities…  Ok, the sensor only has
to tell the NXT what colour it sees, the robot has to do the rest.  Anyway, for
details a video and more pictures, have a look at my site at: www.plastibots.com



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  Re: NXT BrickSorter - Sorting bricks with a HiTechnic colour sensor.
 
(...) Cool stuff, and a very elegant design. I was wondering if there is a reason you don't have cups all the way around the sorter? Have you tried to put the color sensor inside a housing to cut down on ambient light? And the real question the (...) (17 years ago, 7-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)  

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