I'd like to see something identical to this, but with Marbles. Now THAT would be something!
The simplest mechanism is would be something like:
1. Marble goes in, color is scanned and stored. Any future marbles detected with that color go into the same slot.
Of course there are many problems, mainly because Marbles come in every color and pattern imaginable. How would you deal with patterns and multi-colors? What kind of tolerances would you use for more general sorting?
I'd be fascinated to see how someone would deal with these problems. The problem of multi-color and pattern recognition might have application in many other fields.
What about actually sorting each marble individually by color shade from reddest to violetest? That would probably necessitate a storage mechanism.
The simplest mechanism is would be something like:
1. Marble goes in, color is scanned and stored. Any future marbles detected with that color go into the same slot.
Of course there are many problems, mainly because Marbles come in every color and pattern imaginable. How would you deal with patterns and multi-colors? What kind of tolerances would you use for more general sorting?
I'd be fascinated to see how someone would deal with these problems. The problem of multi-color and pattern recognition might have application in many other fields.
What about actually sorting each marble individually by color shade from reddest to violetest? That would probably necessitate a storage mechanism.