Lego Brick Sorting Machine Uses AI to Save Millions from Landfill [video]
ChrisArchitect
12 points
6 comments
September 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
ChrisArchitect
Article: https://www.lep.co.uk/news/lancashire-rawtenstall-lego-webuy...
toomuchtodo
Working towards open source: https://basically.website/ (“Sorter”) (exhibiting at Brickworld if in your area)
dlcarrier
Who's throwing away their legos? Random assortments of pieces sell for for like $5 to $10 a pound, where I live.
mcphage
Who disassembles them all? That seems to be a serious chunk of the effort.