M&Ms and Skittles sorting machine

This machine sorts M&Ms and Skittles by colour. Unsorted candy is put in a hopper on the top. Sorted candy is put into six bowls on the bottom side of the machine.
It's pretty quick and sorts about 2 pieces of candy per second. It uses Arduino microcontrollers and stepper motors for quick and precise movement. A TCS34725 color sensor performs the measurements. Furthermore, the device is equipped with LEDs in several spots which nicely complement the overall look of the machine.
Project page on my website: willemm.nl/mm-skittles-sortin...
Music:
"Doobly Doo"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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[@HugoCornellier]

This is going to go viral! OP, REFUSE ALL REQUESTS FROM ANY COMPANY TO LICENSE THIS VIDEO! It WILL seem appealing, but they are there to take money from you. Please just monetize this video yourself, do not let anyone place ads on it for you.

[@HugoCornellier]

Fuck Storyful, ViralHog, Newsflare, etc! Ignore em and they'll go out of business.

[@tecnologiaoficial]

Yep. I bet he's probably been contacted by some scumbag JukinMedia of sorts.

[@legiongaming3239]

Hugo Cornellier or lisence the patent lol

[@Gerard-oo8os]

But they're just gonna steal the video anyway. With the caption "Who did this?" or some other shitty title.

[@admannn]

I'm not only impressed by your technical skills but the device shows some truly beautiful industrial design as well. Good job!

[@krishnakumarsubramanian3292]

Exactly, that is what impressed me more. The final product! It looks elegant and minimalist - such a fine design.

[@KyleInto]

1:04 you can see a dark (purple?) one in the green bowl. Still very cool!

[@PolymerClayParlor]

@markatl84 did you look at the other 1 minute and 51 seconds of the video? Because for all the other approx. 50 or so m&m's/skittles they were sorted correctly. It's a homemade project, that's unpatented. Congratulate the guy and give credit where it's due, bitch.

[@prashantsinha1305]

PRETTY sure he was being sarcastic!

[@katzen3314]

HEY, THIS GUY'S A PHONY

[@ianhermoso3380]

That bowl is where the "undesirables" go to. Or probably the color sensor not sensing it thus it gets diverted to that bowl. There are 6 total bowls but only 5 flavors (colors) in the original skittles.

[@TacoShuriken]

+Notes of a Melody tfw comment gets to the top and everyone can see you embarrass yourself

[@LibertyStump]

I love the pleasant plink as they fall in the ramekins. much like a chime. love it! aesthetically pleasing on all levels! ^_^

[@OrigamiMarie]

And it seems to be sort of aligned well with the music too!

[@BuyBBStonk]

it was the music that made this video for me

[@meangreen8873]

Darude - Dooblydoo

[@JeroenManders]

Yes but no... not the background music but those tinkling little bowls....

[@chaseholfelder]

What a time to be alive!

[@ThanhCNgo]

Now, I want "Alexa, sort my candeessss!"

[@QKnightZ]

WOW this is cool! You've made the world a better place, good sir.

[@hkim9393]

Oddly mesmerizing.. I think I could watch this all day.

[@Fr0zenfr0st]

I love how I always find this stuff out reddit first. I loved your DIY post OP

[@jonasbergkvist1464]

This is brilliant! Thanks for posting!

[@f.kutarg93]

Not only is the design great, this actually could be used in serious industrial settings. Congratulations.

[@paulmeynell8866]

Excellent work, looks great

[@werndl]

Very good work & super designed!

[@yaoi698]

This is hilarious and simply amazing.

[@iiviigames]

This thing is way past prototype! Fantastic job, really went the extra mile on your design. A duly deserved round of applause! (As a plus, this could serve as a SERIOUS time savor for those with OCD/other order-based maladies! At least for candy, anyway. ;) )

[@adamlynch2089]

Awesome. It's a similar principle to a fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) machine, but for Skittles rather (and more importantly) than cells.

[@Ghaleon15]

Amazing Work !

[@reecechambers3467]

I could watch that all day

[@LamiMartin]

That was so satisfying to watch!

[@TheWasthereonce]

This would be great if modified for Lego!

[@chilli.4798]

Love from, The Nerdcubed fanbase.

[@RogueBard209]

The future of skittle sorting tech

[@redacted3504]

R.I.P Dan He died screaming

[@LeonelCorso]

great work dude

[@TheRealMrLaserCutter]

The singularity is near!!!

[@jameselder1103]

this could be one of the best videos on the internet

[@FamilyHomeProject]

This is so awesome 👏 need one of these

[@edward4129]

Top content. Thank you sir

[@dmand2353]

Awesome!I feel this may go viral!

[@michaeldemelo7923]

DMAN D might make some headlines. don't know about viral...

[@ChumpyZhang]

How cool is that!

[@robertsloan4818]

Wow I'm truly impressed. Now I can separate my candy while I'm doing something else

[@dat_chip]

At last, OCD sufferers worldwide will be able to enjoy nicely sorted skittles.

[@Italkswaytoomuchly]

this. is. AWESOME!!!!

[@CrazyCatLady621]

the sound they make when they fall in the cups is great too.

[@CrazyCatLady621]

Actually all the sound going on here are fantastic.

[@tecnologiaoficial]

I want one nooooow! This is so cool!

[@sarahmread]

you are my hero!

[@PluppyYT]

We need more of this

[@rscram]

wow. that is amazing.

[@Alexseehp]

Is there an encoder attached to the stepper? I am impressed by the precision....

[@WillemPennings]

There is a small wheel with four indents connected to the shaft of the stepper motor. A microswitch triggers when it passes through the indent, closing the feedback loop.

[@reecewouters1445]

I was sent here by a man who went out with a fucking impressive scream.

[@thomaszheng7547]

Satisfying!

[@shawbag11]

The greatest invention of all time DEATH TO THE GREEN SMARTY

[@reizayin]

I was sent here by a man that went out with an awesome scream.

[@JJ_957]

Genius!

[@alexbohm22]

i got sent here by a guy who went out screaming

[@covertfrenchie]

I wonder if this will work with the tropical flavor package of Skittles?

[@zerobloxian7134]

This is great when kids want what colour m&ms or skittles they like

[@DingDongDood]

I need to buy one of those

[@LittlePotato.]

thanks for this

[@JoLT53]

Be prepared to go on trending

[@Coolquietguy]

This is so cool

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

I see you are using 2 Arduinos, to control 2 steppers. Is this because controlling both steppers with a single Arduino is difficult to program?

[@detectivefatweedington9509]

i was sent here by a man with an impressive scream

[@stormy1994]

I love it. What skill level would you say this project was? (beginner, intermediate, etc). Thanks!

[@JoshuaAlbers]

Now if only someone would invent a machine that could magically transform crappy apple Skittles back into the delicious lime Skittles that they replaced.

[@CarolinaPC04]

that's so cool

[@user-ib7gu8xv3i]

amazing

[@mastermoarman]

Very cool I'm looking g to build something similar for one of my classes. Do yoynshare the code so I can see how you programmed it?

[@remondalejar9249]

This is the solution to all of my problems.

[@emmabruns]

genius!

[@XxXLoveyourself]

I am extremely impressed! however did anyone else notice it put a purple in the green dish at about 1:10?

[@karlblow533]

I was sent here by a man who died in screaming in agony

[@aclay1662]

U mean wick cubed? Idk how that happened or the relation of the video, but me too😂

[@monstarxl77]

I thought it sorted skittles from m&ms. LOL

[@LukeMotionz]

me too lol

[@iloveitwhenitsdark6299]

At first I thought the title was m&ms and skittle snorting machine lol

[@het_gele_teken]

Mooi ding. Nu aub een die de verschillende kleuren paaseitjes van Jamin op kleur sorteert. Hoef ik de smerige niet eerst te proeven maar kan ik ze direct weggooien.

[@garry48]

Nicely job. But how much percent is sorted wrong?

[@ployter94]

Can it sort peanut m&ms as well, or only chocolate?

[@user-nk5sm4wu3i]

wow!!

[@jarthhouse4444]

I was sent hear by a man who died with an impressive scream.

[@MGSLurmey]

Same here. Impressive scream, it was.

[@SKYBRITE27]

But will is sort m&m's from skittles,that may be a little more important than color

[@ESCAGEDOWOODWORKING]

what is this strange magic??

[@LouieSloven]

That's amazing! Can I buy it, or a copy? Name your price!

[@TheRealSLS]

The M&M And Skittles Sorting Machine For All Your OCD Needs

[@barial1]

You can clearly see it messing up in the background at 1:09, it puts a green and purple in the same bowl.

[@mibdev]

Cool, blueprints? or maybe a tutorial? :)

[@ZENIGMATV]

Needs bigger top bowl and should time drops to create musical melodies.

[@thedude6736]

This would make an amazing random number generator.

[@mtnmotoadv]

@1:09 you can see it put a purple with the green..

[@ryanmcdowell2326]

Why did I read this as "snorting machine "

[@RacoonAndres]

You based it on ivcvideo m&m sorter right?

[@wallieslollies8095]

Hello Willem , is the machine for sale ? how long would it take to separate 10kg and would it work for 100kg what country are you in ? >

[@WillemPennings]

This machine is not for sale. It sorts a 400g bag in 2-3 minutes.

[@fbujold]

But,but, WHY? Great job

[@magicqaissxxl]

I was sent here by a man with an impressive scream.

[@bloxdrigo]

1:04 unbuyable.

[@Catherine3385]

cool

[@Dragonightess]

YEAH SCIENCE!

[@amazingemma6838]

So where can we buy one 😂

[@RicoElectrico]

Beautiful design, but why two Arduinos for such a simple task? It just doesn't feel right.

[@Morgoth144]

RicoElectrico One arduino is used to animate the LEDs (WS2812b) which require a very precise timing.

[@jasondam5279]

Hi, My name is Jason Dam, and I'm an editor at Shareably, a lifestyle website for the middle-age demographic online. I came across this video while browsing today, and I loved it! I wanted to ask for permission to feature this video on our Facebook pages. We have over 6 million fans across our network, and I'm sure they'd love this content as well. We'd make sure to attribute all credit to your social media pages. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks, Jason Dam

[@WillemPennings]

Jason Dam Please send me this message through e-mail over at willemm.nl/contact/ and I will reply shortly. Thanks!

[@mikebaier5101]

are the stl files and arduino sketch available for this?

[@FreyrFox]

At 1:09 you can see it made an error :p I wonder what caused that though cause it seems to work really well and really fast

[@coinmagnetjr]

reminds me of all the time I've lost watching how it's made

[@earleroy]

nerdcubed?

[@exoticlegend558]

in what application would this be practical

[@SurlaAyy]

ExoTic Legend In what application is Netflix practical? I hope you see why you're silly McGoose.

[@agusrodriguezz]

ExoTic Legend For example, if you want to decorate a cake only with some of the colors or make a pattern with them

[@ajgonzalez5109]

Has the machine ever made a mistake?

[@Penminfire]

Akram Jerab Probably. No machine's perfect, and he's probably run a lot of tests with this version before the video, so probably at least once

[@halimaa.3649]

Sketche please for arduino nano

[@sbag3372]

sold! where can i order one?

[@suaveclt]

I was here before this went viral - 975 views

[@NickLifts]

Now we just need a larger one for the people of our society. Ayooooooooooooo!!! ...I'll just leave now