VEXAutoSort
Build season buries you in tiny parts. So we built a robot to dig you out.
Every VEX team loses hours sorting screws, nuts, and spacers by hand. VEXAutoSort is a robotic arm that learns the job by watching a person, then does it on its own.
We don't write a rule for every part. We show the arm how to sort by hand and it copies us. Simple 3D-printed sorters mean it only ever has to learn one move: pick a part up, drop it in one spot.
We start with two parts that look nothing alike, get that working, then add one type at a time.
A system any team can build from scratch.
It learns, you don't program it
The arm copies what a person shows it, so there's no fiddling with motion code every time you add a new part.
Smart mechanical shortcuts
A few 3D-printed sorters turn a hard "which bin?" question into one simple pick-and-place the arm can nail.
Two cameras, better aim
An overhead camera and a wrist camera give the arm the depth and context to grab small parts reliably.
Made to be copied
Clear docs and a parts list mean another team can build the whole thing themselves.
People who helped get us here.
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