Brick Sorter #1

A robot that sorts LEGO bricks is probably one of the most common MINDSTORMS projects. Nonetheless, they're interesting to build and to watch when they're sorting bricks! This is the first working brick sorter that I designed, and it was inspired by " brick sorter 3" by fellow brick sorter builder Philo. This robot was designed in July 2006.

Other brick sorters in this series:

Every time I created a new brick sorter, I tried to tackle a new design challenge, for example by adding a new functionality, or to make the robot more reliable. Follow the links below, and read the pages in order to learn about my findings in the design process.

• Brick sorter #1: July 2006 (original design; 3 colors, 1 size)
• Brick sorter #2: December 2006 (3 colors, 2 sizes)
• Brick sorter 8527 (#3): March 2007 (NXT 1.0 only, 3 colors, 1 size)
• Brick sorter #4: July 2007 (5 colors, 2 size)
• Brick sorter #5: May 2008 (Custom color sensor, 6 colors, 1 size)
• Hybrid Brick Sorter (#6): June 2009 (NXT 2.0 Only, up to 6 colors, 1 size)

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