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LEGO coin sorter

Kevquest writes -

This is a Lego Mindstorms designed Coin Sorter. This sorter will sort a handful of coins dumped into it's separator. The NXT displays how many of each type of coin sorted and the total amount of money sorted.

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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 12, 2008 at 8:47 AM

Let's try sorting $2 with that, see how long it takes :-)

That is still WAY MORE than I could have EVER done though! Kudos!

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Posted by: Shinmaryuu on February 12, 2008 at 10:30 AM

The noise and speed would be quite annoying quickly but still a great feat of building skill.

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