How We Built a Raspberry Pi M&M Sorter Robot

What it does

Need to sort out green and red M&M’s for the C h r i s t m a s season? The Raspberry Pi M&M Color Sorter uses a Raspberry Pi with a BrickPi and PivotPi to sort out green and red M&M’s. The EV3 touch sensor acts as an on/off switch to control the EV3 motor that powers the conveyor belts to make the M&M’s pass one-by-one under an NXT color sensor. If an M&M is detected to be green or red, the servo extends an arm to pull the M&M off the side of the conveyor belt. As seen above, position a couple bowls under the sorter to catch the M&M’s as they come off the conveyor belt. Flip the lever to press the touch sensor, and the sorter will start running. After sorting for a few minutes, you should…from dexterindustries.com

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