Marble Sorter

In this project, we are to build a device that will be able to sort 4 different colored marbles into bins, depending on the color. The process must be fully animated, and can only use materials from the VEX kit, unless otherwise approved by Mr. Landers. The marbles must be under complete control, during the entire process. Lastly, the entire process must take no more than 2 minutes.

In this project I learned the value of testing, as well as trial and error. In this project, we tested each marble at least 10 times to get an average reading, and when the values changed, we tested them again. Another lesson I learned was patience. We had to test each marble at least 10 times, and then when the values changed, we tested them again :) Lastly, as we realized that values overlapped, which caused some unpredictability, we changed the different types of marbles we used, to get the perfect outlines and readings. This helped me grow as an engineer because it taught me patience, and the value of team work.