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Hi All, I am running a little robot discovery group at my local elementary school. When I started the group, all the pieces were sorted in see through plastic ziploc bags. But after only a few days the kids have all the pieces in one big mess. So I (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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You want a fast, efficient robot for sorting? Look in the mirror....lol. Think of it as a Zen-like exercise which allows you to achieve a state of altered consciousness while still performing "useful" work. It also improves your pattern recognition (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) Well this depends on a number of things, primarily how do you sort: by color, by size/shape, or both? Several books have been published about LEGO MindStorms, and a large percentage of them seem to have plans for a "sort bricks by color" robot (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Hi Chris, It seems to me that for the first time in history, kids could have a robot that can do the thing they hate most. Putting their toys away. This could be a very effective way to show kids the importance of robotics. Clearly, you have given (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) I don't want to discourage your efforts, but I view this as more of an academic exercise than anything that is likely to result in a practical brick sorting machine. There is so much variation in size and shape of the pieces in a typical mound (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Hi John, (...) I am a little too pig headed to achieve any Zen like stated of mind. Once I come up with an idea for reducing labor I will spend thousands of hours finding ways to bring the idea to life. This eventually produces one of two possible (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Hi Chris, (...) That is why I am looking for a software solution. (...) This is very insightful. You are no doubt correct. If I were to present this challenge to children, I would only be setting them up for failure. A good teacher will carefully (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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I built 7 bots that sort for me. Althought they really don't do their job. Instead they play around all night and just bearly get everything cleaned up in the nick of time right before sunrise when they kick on their sort beams. 7 Little Sorting (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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