For the first model we were going to use a moving motor that would knock
the marbles into their own slots or boxes.
In the machines second phase we gave up on the conveyor belt looking design and we came
up with a slightly elavated ramp. the blue cylinder is compressed air that were going to power
pumps that weren't added yet.
Weeks latter ....
What we ended up doing was we used a light sensor and a light to see how much light went through. Using that data we made a single pump shoot out when it read that same number. We set different pumps to each of the kinds of marbles. The wood was similar ,number wise, to the metal so we made it just roll all the way down.
Finaldraft pic:
Reflection:
Overall it took us awhile (4-5 weeks) but we got it done. The wood marbles caused us the most problems because it was so similar to the metal in terms of how much light it let through. I think what we would do differently would be moving the magnet around or/and creating a better 2 door system.
One way 2 door system
