Ball Factory Lego Akiyuki

The ball factory designed by akiyuki is without doubt the most iconic lego great ball contraption and has drawn many into building gbcs including me 3 years ago.

Ball factory lego akiyuki. Akiyuki kawaguchi is a twenty seven year old engineer from japan. I added some improvements to the ball factory module because the former module didn t support 1 0 balls s this new module can carry at 1 3 balls s. The complete module is powered by a single read more. He is well known for his clever great ball contraption gbc modules and sorting machines.

Photos and explanations of the models are found in my website. The program which was executed in an ev3 brick was written in lego mindstorms ev3 language. He uses mostly lego technic and mindstorms in his creations. Akiyuki s ball factory gbc great ball contraption module as interpreted by the rebricker.

I have made several modifications that helped my version to run more smoothly and. With 15 synchronized components the ball factory is also the most complex lego gbc ever designed. Whenever the ball storage lanes were filled with the distinguished balls the ev3 brick gave the command to discharge the balls. Released in 2011 engineered by akiyuki ball factory v2 is in my humble opinion one of the most impressive gbc module ever.

I make machines using lego bricks. It is based on the famous akiyuki s ball factory project and instructions provided by rebricker and blakbird. The number of basketballs and soccer balls was counted using the information from the color sensor.