AI machine 'helps save 25M Lego bricks'
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AI machine 'helps save 25 million Lego bricks'12 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleOllie SamuelsandHaider Saleem,North WestWeBuyBricksThe Rawtenstall company accepts both complete Lego sets and boxes of mixed piecesAn artificial intelligence-powered sorting machine has helped save 25 million Lego bricks from landfill, a company has said.WeBuyBricks, based at Hall Carr Mill in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, buys unwanted Lego before cleaning and sorting the pieces so they can be sold again.Its Brick-O-Matic uses cameras, artificial intelligence and jets of air to identify individual pieces and has capacity to sort up to 100,000 of them a day, according to the firm.Head of projects Brad Hacking said automating the process was essential because sorting large quantities of mixed Lego by…
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