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Have there been any enhancements to AI-based Lego sorters? Like many people, I’ve got bins full of mixed sets of Legos. A world where you can recognize pieces from a set and divide them up would be amazing!



Not really a sorter, but https://brickit.app/ was mentioned on HN a while back, and does AI-based lego identification. I haven’t tried it, but it says it can show you where the pieces you need for a specific set are in a photo, so theoretically it should be able to show you everything that belongs in a particular bin as well.


I tried this once but the results were poor. I got only very simple objects, nothing with more than 20 bricks.


I spend literally 2 months sorting lego by type and color and then recreate about 50 lego sets. I still have about 30 to go. I tried brickit app. Doesnt work so good when you have a lot of lego. The sorting and search efficiency can be improved with some tricks. But it takes a lot of time. Fun nevertheless.



There are lots of people who have made a business out of lego sorting - you send them mixed lego in boxes, and they'll send you back (for a fee) sets of sorted lego.


What I would really like is to group Legos back into their sets. Or to recognize the particular sets that are contained in the jumble. I was hoping more advances had been made in recent years.


What does "sorted" mean in this context? What is in each set?


I can't believe nobody created a lego-sorting-l machine out of lego yet



dang that's a good one. i was going to ask about training a model to assemble based on this corpus of instructions.

but i think the hard part is making a machine with the tactility of a human.


But I enjoy sorting things myself!

I mean it's quite telling I've spent more time sleeving, sorting and storing my MTG cards than I have playing the actual game, lol.


With practice and the right methods, its possible to sort lego for well under 1% of the retail selling price using humans alone.


What I want is a machine with these specs:

Input: lego bricks, assembly manual.

Output: assembled model




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