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billbo911 17-04-2011 01:09

Seriously long Lego system.
 
This might just cause you to stare at your screen in amazement for a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=rWd3vgLaA_M

kornjones 17-04-2011 01:21

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
im simply speechless :yikes:

davepowers 17-04-2011 01:35

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
:yikes:Someone either has wayyyy to much time on their hands, or an obsession with Legos. This is honestly incredible, I love it!

Andrew141WOBOT 17-04-2011 01:44

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
wow. thats all i can say! i was glued to the screen for all 8 minutes!
is this your creation, or something you found online?

Grim Tuesday 17-04-2011 01:53

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
Dear god, that is awesome.

Travis Hoffman 17-04-2011 04:54

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
This person should be arrested for denying LEGO parts to children in Asia.

Besides, wouldn't he be better served by ditching all the automation and paying 500 LEGO people to do the same job for pennies on the dollar? :rolleyes:

jmiller48167 17-04-2011 07:49

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
This had to take longer then the 6 week build season.:yikes:

CalTran 17-04-2011 11:08

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
I can't remember what it was, but quite a few years back there used to be an actual production line toy that did this. I came with a playset, a "robot", a control station, and a few more plug-ins for more robots to play. I think they sold it at ZOOM?

1986titans 17-04-2011 11:18

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
This is definitely one of the coolest things I've seen online.

andreboos 17-04-2011 11:23

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by CalTran (Post 1053737)
I can't remember what it was, but quite a few years back there used to be an actual production line toy that did this. I came with a playset, a "robot", a control station, and a few more plug-ins for more robots to play. I think they sold it at ZOOM?

You may be thinking of ROKENBOK.

The funniest part about this is that balls are occasionally sorted, only to be mixed in the next step of the process.

CalTran 17-04-2011 11:46

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by andreboos (Post 1053741)
You may be thinking of ROKENBOK.

Haha yes, that's it! I loved it :)

DonRotolo 17-04-2011 11:49

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
Really, who has time for that kind of thing?

Anyway, this is a good lesson in process capacity control: Notice that no part of the system is faster than any other part of the system, so you don't get a bottleneck anywhere. In fact, watch the mechanism at 4:22 - any overflow for the "slow" lower process is diverted to a simple rail up higher.

Now imagine having a job doing just that?

Not with Legos, of course, but for a production line for, say, a car. Everything has to line up just right, time-wise.

Plus a fascinating look at many different materials handling techniques.

biancs15 17-04-2011 11:52

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by CalTran (Post 1053749)
Haha yes, that's it! I loved it :)

Me too!!!!!
I used to play with those for hours and hours on end :)

Bill_B 17-04-2011 12:12

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
More viewing of GBCs can be found at this Gizmodo page. There is serious mech.eng. education to be found in these machines. The rest of it is just fun.

Travis Hoffman 17-04-2011 14:17

Re: Seriously long Lego system.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DonRotolo (Post 1053750)
Really, who has time for that kind of thing?

And money?

Quote:


Anyway, this is a good lesson in process capacity control: Notice that no part of the system is faster than any other part of the system, so you don't get a bottleneck anywhere. In fact, watch the mechanism at 4:22 - any overflow for the "slow" lower process is diverted to a simple rail up higher.

Now imagine having a job doing just that?

Not with Legos, of course, but for a production line for, say, a car. Everything has to line up just right, time-wise.

Plus a fascinating look at many different materials handling techniques.
There are some areas of waste where the materials are spilled - all you industrial engineers out there should run some time studies and help the dude improve the process.


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