Prefer to see dominoes fall? [JK Brickworks] has bought what you want, within the type of a endless ring of falling and resetting tiles. LEGO items are the star on this meeting, which makes use of a round monitor and shifting ramp to reset tiles after they’ve fallen. Timed good, it’s like watching a kinetic sculpture harmoniously producing a soliton wave as tiles fall solely to be endlessly reset in time to fall once more.

It’s true that these chunky tiles aren’t really dominoes — not solely are they produced from LEGO items and hinged to their bases, they’ve a small peg to help with the reset mechanism. [JK Brickworks] acknowledges that this does stretch the definition of “dominos”, however for those who’re keen to look previous that, it’s certain enjoyable to see the entire meeting in motion.

The central hub specifically is a factor of magnificence. For pace management, an IR sensor displays a single domino’s up/down state and a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 with two massive motors takes care of automation.

The video does an excellent job of exhibiting the entire design course of, particularly the refinements and tweaks, that display the really enjoyable a part of prototyping. [JK Brickworks] suggests turning on subtitles for some added particulars and technical commentary, however for those who’re in a rush skip on to 4:55 to see it in motion.

Need to see extra automated domino motion? This domino-laying robotic units them up so that you can knock down at your leisure, and this solely totally different robotic lays out large (and we do imply BIG) domino artwork shows.