Lego Brick Sorting Machine Uses AI to Save Millions from Landfill [video]

Lego Brick Sorting Machine Uses AI to Save Millions from Landfill [video]youtube.com

12 points•ChrisArchitect•10 days ago•8 comments•

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Who's throwing away their legos? Random assortments of pieces sell for for like $5 to $10 a pound, where I live.

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.

benoau10 days ago

I'd be surprised if landfill wasn't the most popular outcome when people with lego die.

DANmode10 days ago

Anyone with less than two pounds, I’d imagine.

marysol59 days ago

The company is a Lego buying company

toomuchtodo10 days ago

Working towards open source: https://basically.website/ (“Sorter”)

(exhibiting at Brickworld if in your area)

ChrisArchitect10 days ago

Article: https://www.lep.co.uk/news/lancashire-rawtenstall-lego-webuy...

mcphage10 days ago

Who disassembles them all? That seems to be a serious chunk of the effort.

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