basically Sorter
Pour in mixed LEGO® pieces. The Sorter separates them, photographs each one, identifies its part and color, and drops it in the bin your rules pick.
The Brick Sorting Machine
Already sorting
People are building Sorters from the public design files and running them. Their machines report what they sort.
As of September 2026
320,000+
pieces sorted into bins by machines in the community since June 2026
11
machines sorting in the community fleet
3,944
different parts recorded, in 92 colors
1,300+
people in the Discord
Footage · The bulk bucket Step 1
Pour it in
Pour mixed LEGO® pieces into the bucket on top.
Footage · The feeders Step 2
One at a time
Camera-guided rotating channels separate the pile into single pieces. They use rotation, not vibration.
Section · Feeder Step 3
Photographed and identified
A 4K camera photographs each piece. Brickognize, an online LEGO® recognition service, identifies its part and color.
Footage · The chute and bins Step 4
Into its bin
Your rules pick the bin. Bins sit in stacked rings around a rotating chute: one motor turns the chute, and one flap per layer drops the piece.
The machine
Bins sit in stacked rings around a rotating chute. Each layer holds 18 small or 12 medium bins, and layers can be mixed.
The design files and the code are public, so you can see every part of it.
All the way around
One full turn of the Sorter, from the bucket on top to the casters underneath.
Coming to Kickstarter
The campaign is planned for February 2027.
$10
the early bird voucher
$7,200
the voucher price, instead of $9,000 retail
40
kits at that price in batch 1, estimated August 2027
Voucher holders get a private link to the voucher price, emailed the day the campaign opens and open for its first 48 hours. If you do not back the campaign, email us up to 30 days after it ends and we refund the $10.
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