One Does Not Simply Boogaloo Into Morder
My bad; I guess you can.
Gilligan’s Architect
I’ve seen pictures of this massive toothpick structure here and there on the Intertunnel for quite a while, but the maker’s monologue explaining each part of the contraption makes the thing ten times as enjoyable. His manifest love for the city, and his ability to integrate an enormous swath of the doings of its denizens in toothpicks is remarkable.
I think he has something stuck in his teeth.
(Thanks to Stan for sending that one along)
This LEGO Robotic LEGO Sorting Machine Made Of LEGO Blocks Sorts Blocks Made From LEGO Blocks By Color. LEGO.
This system uses four Lego parallel robots which are fed by two conveyor belts. As items flow down the conveyor belt toward the robots, each item passes by a light/color sensor mounted on each conveyor. When the item is detected, a signal is sent to the robots telling them information such as the color of the object, which belt the object is on and the position of the object on the belt. The robot reaches out and grabs the item from the moving conveyor belt when each item gets close enough and moves it to a location based on the color of the item.
The cell is capable of picking and placing objects at a rate of 48 items per minute. Each robot can move 12 items per minute, or it can move an item in 5 seconds!
You know what they say: Hands that pick up LEGOs never pick up chicks. He’s smart to make a machine to do it for him, leaving him more time to be the Dos Equis guy.