Lego factory project v2.0 - Demonstration at LegoWorld 2010 (Zwolle, The Netherlands) - Teaser video

This is the first video of the full functionality of the Lego Mindstorms - Factory 2.0 project. All video was recorded during the LegoWorld 2010 event in Zwolle (The Netherlands) from October 20th until October 27th.

A more extensive video demonstration will come later this year when I get things reprogrammed a bit to be more efficient as it currently is.

The factory is capable of building virtually anything using the 95 types of bricks available in the warehouse. Models for the factory are designed using Lego Digital Designer (LDD) and are interpretted by custom written Windows software (For an example of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ki6d8JM7nc). After interpretting the LDD model building instructions for the factory are generated and are sent to the master NXT of the factory.

Creator: Martijn Bosgraaf (Dryw Filtiarn)

Total construction time: 4.5 months (June 2010 until October 2010)
~ 150 hours of Lego building + ~ 100 hours of programming (5 NXT's + LDD model processing software)

Total amount of bricks: Estimated to be around 25.000
Warehouse: 95 different bricks with a total of 1520 bricks in stock

Maximum model size: 16 x 22 x 11 (width x length x height in bricks)

Controlled by 5 NXT's, with a combined programming (NXC) line-count of nearly 50.000 lines of code.
Models designed in Lego Digital Designer (LDD)

A great thank you to Peer Kreuger (mahjqa) for his effort to record the video and editing it to get this video online. Visit his channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/mahj

100.000 views: 23-11-2010

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Lego
• NXT
• factory
• technic
• automation
• automated
• mindstorms
• LegoWorld
• 2010
• Zwolle
• teaser
• advanced
• robot
• robots

[TheJort123]

can you download the ldd file somewhere. i like it

[DrywFiltiarn]

@TheJort123 , There is no LDD file of how to create the factory itself. The factory was capable of loading LDD files and build the models designed in it.

[brianjamespayne]

MAKE A LONGER VID WITH MORE FOOTAGE!!! also the mechanics at 38 i think is overkill, but i know im wrong.

[DrywFiltiarn]

@brianjamespayne, I'm, not sure which mechanics you mean. But I suppose you mean the platform that the brick is moved to after being retrieved. This part is surely needed as it provides the functionality to rotate the bricks for building as well that it ensures the position of the brick to be 100% identical with every single brick.

[Darthscion5555]

where can I pick up one of those??!!!!!!

[DrywFiltiarn]

@Darthscion5555, you can't... But you can always design and build one yourself ;)

[makenewmistake]

We will be doomed as soon it learns to build other lego factories

[nolyspe]

This is the beginning of SkyNet.

[labrieexpert2000]

why you put the subtitle? my eye (not me) are stuck on this!

[Frankfurtdabezzzt]

hey look, i built a red brick house!

[hakawalker]

Nice

[egolegoque]

You build in LDD and it factory make it really?

Wonderful.