The Dice Reader

[pasquentmax]

Hello everyone, if like me you dreamed of throwing a die for hours and hours to see if it is piped then this lego machine Mindstorms is for you! 4 throws and read dice per minute, or nearly 6,000 throws per day. Then simply transfer the file to excel and analyze the results!

 

 

Edited October 7, 2019 by pasquentmax

[Jim]

Sweet! 

Recently I threw away a pair of dice we used for Catan. 3 and 11 came up more often than 6 and 8....every single game. I would have loved to see these tested 

[oracid]

This is very interesting !

[BusterHaus]

Great device, I like the simplicity of it. The dice rolling mechanism seems very reliable, does it ever jam? 

[dr_spock]

Clever.  I thought of designing my own dice where one side is heavier and 3D printing it.  This is a good way to see if it makes any difference. 

 

[pasquentmax]

15 hours ago, BusterHaus said:

Great device, I like the simplicity of it. The dice rolling mechanism seems very reliable, does it ever jam? 

Hello, sometimes the die doesn’t come out, once on about 500 draws, but it never locks. After 12 hours of throws lego mechanics begins to suffer a little and to disrupt. I’m aiming for 24 hours.

2 hours ago, dr_spock said:

Clever.  I thought of designing my own dice where one side is heavier and 3D printing it.  This is a good way to see if it makes any difference. 

 

Hello, yes you are right, but my essays show that it takes thousands of draws to be sure statistically that the die is unbalanced!

[kieran]

Great machine, well done