Lego Building Lego (again) (SLYT)

May 28, 2010 1:32 PM

A giant lego machine which builds a small lego airplane. A 10 min video of lego building lego... I couldn't make it through without fast-forwarding, but as a lego enthusiast, I was intrigued by the way the assorted pieces were provided to the machine and moved along to the final creation.
posted by lonemantis (13 comments total)

reminded me a bit of of the space shuttle timelapse here:
http://gizmodo.com/5544749/stellar-dslr-time-lapse-of-a-space-shuttle-launch

i see your lego building lego and raise you this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixx92NkO78w
posted by kimyo at 1:50 PM on May 28, 2010

This is bad. There is something algorithymicaly SkyNettian about this.
posted by coolxcool=rad at 1:52 PM on May 28, 2010

Wait until you see what built that Lego machine!
posted by GuyZero at 1:57 PM on May 28, 2010 [2 favorites]

Grey goo death in block form. Millennia from now the aliens who find the remnants of our planet are going to have some bad ass toy sets to bring home to their kids.
posted by cmfletcher at 2:05 PM on May 28, 2010

MetaLego.
posted by New England Cultist at 2:37 PM on May 28, 2010 [1 favorite]

Skynet.
posted by Espoo2 at 2:54 PM on May 28, 2010

This is fantastic! Of course, it's very complicated and would take a long time to make another of these. Perhaps if there was some sort of factory-assembling machine... that could make copies of itself.

There is something algorithymicaly SkyNettian about this.

I am absolutely not worried about this possibility. Among the many things my brother and I made from Lego when we were kids were some rubber band-powered cannons that could blow apart any possible assembly of Lego bricks. We have the technology to defeat them!
posted by FishBike at 3:17 PM on May 28, 2010 [2 favorites]

There should be a Skynet! tag

also, fuck yeah Lego gonna run our fuckin world soon man! Fuckin lego gonna run the WORLD!
posted by From Bklyn at 3:31 PM on May 28, 2010

also also, even after +1 bottles of wine this is exceptionally boring and then ! Ack!
posted by From Bklyn at 3:32 PM on May 28, 2010

Yeah, I was all ready to retitle video "A giant awesome machine which builds a small awesome plain," but i can't believe how boring that video is. geez.
posted by oddman at 4:59 PM on May 28, 2010

Pffft. I want to see it function properly after Anakin, Padme and R2D2 have destroyed most of the convey belt system. Lego and Light saber do not mix.
posted by DetonatedManiac at 7:05 PM on May 28, 2010

This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
posted by niccolo at 7:06 PM on May 28, 2010

Welcome to the beginning of the revolution.
posted by hal_c_on at 8:00 PM on May 28, 2010