If you're a fan of domino- like structures where they fall one after another in seconds, check out this machine made with LEGO bricks. From now on, you can create rows as long as you want with minimal effort and enjoy the satisfaction of watching them all fall sequentially.
What is the domino effect
The domino effect refers to a small change that causes a similar change to its side, which in turn causes another and so on in a linear sequence. And yes, this name is given by the analogy with the fall of dominoes that occurs when they are placed thin and at a certain distance that allows them to fall one after the other.
Well, if you have ever had a domino at home, surely on more than one occasion you have placed all its tiles one after the other for the simple reason of enjoying watching them fall one after the other after throwing the first one in the row. Furthermore, you may have tried constructions other than a simple straight line.
Some users go even further, not just working with the pieces in a box, but collecting hundreds or even thousands of them, then experiencing a strange sense of satisfaction as they fall apart one by one, forming eye-catching designs. Of course, watching hours and hours of work crumble in seconds isn't quite enough to compensate.
For this reason, surely, this user decided that creating a machine to create his own rows of tiles without much effort and with which to enjoy the domino effect would be a great idea. And you know what, we are going to prove him right.
The LEGO cart that creates rows of dominoes
JK Brickworks is passionate about LEGO, and their YouTube channel shows it, featuring all sorts of constructions made with these popular bricks. However, their latest creation might be one of the most striking because of what it offers in terms of creating those rows made with dominoes. It makes the process much easier than placing them one by one by hand.
To achieve this, he had to create a mechanism capable of releasing the dominoes one by one at the exact distance between them to create the domino effect . So, in the video, you can see the entire process, from the initial platform of the cart with the basic idea of ​​placing the dominoes, to the addition of the motors that come with LEGO Mindstorms.
After several on-the-fly modifications to achieve what he had in mind, the end result is a cart that can be controlled remotely via a remote and can be loaded with LEGO dominoes via chargers also created with LEGOs. same blocks.
The result? Well, the one that you can see in the video, a cart with which it is not so lazy to build this type of rows that later are so satisfying to see how they fall. Of course, if you want more complex constructions, where heights and other elements are mixed, you will have to work on it.
By the way, if you like all this about LEGO constructions and that, in addition, they move taking advantage of the serious ones that exist through kits like LEGO Mindstorm; Do not miss other videos of projects that he has on his channel. Some of them are very striking. Surely after seeing them you will better understand why this "toy" arouses so many passions.