Lego Brick Sorting Machine Uses AI to Save Millions from Landfill [video]
Posted by ChrisArchitect 18 hours ago
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Comment by dlcarrier 18 hours ago
Who's throwing away their legos? Random assortments of pieces sell for for like $5 to $10 a pound, where I live.
Comment by hyperman1 2 hours ago
I found a bag full of bricks on a trash sale, for €10. It turned out to contain 90% of a 7745 train, and a lot of other train stuff. The seller rescued it from a container, where a family was cleaning out a deceased's house. They only pulled out 1 of the LEGO bags in the container, on a whim, not wanting to drag more. The seller tought I was an idiot who overpaid. I tought I was lucky to find my childhood dream train.
It happens.
Comment by benoau 16 hours ago
I'd be surprised if landfill wasn't the most popular outcome when people with lego die.
Comment by DANmode 18 hours ago
Anyone with less than two pounds, I’d imagine.
Comment by toomuchtodo 18 hours ago
Working towards open source: https://basically.website/ (“Sorter”)
(exhibiting at Brickworld if in your area)
Comment by mcphage 10 hours ago
Who disassembles them all? That seems to be a serious chunk of the effort.
Comment by ChrisArchitect 18 hours ago