[MOC] Mindstorms Skittles sorter

[laggyluk]

Hello everyone, it's my first post here :)

I wanted to show mindstorms robot I've build a while ago: skittle sorter. As name suggests it can sort skittles by color, very useful!

video:

[kieran]

Cool, just find a way to agitate the hopper and it will sit there for ages sorting away

[rollermonkey]

Very cool... Needs a larger, more reliable system leading to the sensor. I mean if you are feeding individual skittles one at a time into the hopper, unless you were blind, you could drop them into the separate cups, yes?

Did I see it accidentally send a strawberry one into the unsorted/purple cup?

Lastly, I had guessed this was the same person who made the paper airplane maker and egg cracker machines... I guess he's not the only one thinking so far outside the box. :D

[laggyluk]

Feeder was the hard part, first version was bigger and totally different but jammed even more. Skittles are sticky and size doesn't really fit lego 'units' so it's problematic. Feeder version two jams a bit less but has space for maybe 8 pills at a time.

Color detection also isn't that great. It often gives false result, perhaps because pills are round and glossy. In that case it will go to 'mixed' cup.