h a l f b a k e r y
Where life imitates science.
idea:
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, best, random
meta:
news, help, about, links, report a problem
account:
Browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
or Create a new account.
|
|
| Please log in.
If you're not logged in,
you can see what this page
looks like, but you will
not be able to add anything.
| |
At first this seemed magic, but it could be done. If the blocks were right side up and ready for grabbing it would be easier. The robot arm would track over a square like one of those grabber claw carnival games. It would descend with the appropriate block into the appropriate grid, and track was was there virtually, as a sort of tetris. |
|
| |
That would make such a great practice project for budding roboticists, I'm surprised it hasn't been done yet. |
|
| |
Easy: Finding and sorting pieces.
Hard: Taking models apart and putting them together - you have to grip and push and pull things just so. |
|
| |
That link is impressive. I'm not usually one to argue a "baked" but I would call that system "a start". It doesn't sort them, and I'm sure the item built is hard coded. Plus, my system doesn't need to be made out of Lego, but the fact that that machine is is quite amazing. |
|
| |
But it proves it isn't magic, yes? |
|
| |
Yup. I didn't mean to imply that it was baked. |
|
| |
If you've ever watched a robotic assembly line construct a circuit board (or a car) you'll know that this is very possible to do. |
|
| |
One day I would like to try and implement this in Lego - a form of von Neumann machine. [+] |
|
| |