Worlds hardest jigsaw vs. puzzle machine (all white)

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Topics discussed / used
Thresholding (image processing): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thresho...)
Mathematical morphology: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathema...
Least squares method: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_s...
Locality sensitive hashing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localit...
Point in polygon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_i...
Memoization: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic...
Transformation matrices: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfo...
Big-O/asymptotic analysis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asympto...
Using locality sensitive hashing for reverse image search: towardsdatascience.com/fast-n...
Telecentric lense: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecen...

[@StuffMadeHere]

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[@A_Hostage]

nice

[@rhyrhy69]

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[@robbyplummer9414]

Wassaaaauuuppp

[@robbyplummer9414]

How are you

[@wildtom]

Can you tell me what program you use to program; like VS Code

[@Kfimenenpah]

"If at first you don't succeed, reduce your expectations until you're a success" what a line

[@glasslinger]

If at firs you don't succeed, GET ANOTHER BEER!

[@ChuckSploder]

"If at first you don't succeed, fail 5 more times." - GLaDOS

[@altonyoung8869]

This is my mindset when I go to the bar

[@justinchadwick4509]

To put it in another way, the person who seeks perfection never succeeds.

[@AdamWardVGP]

I want this on a T-shirt

[@jasperfeldschuh3644]

Damn I cannot even imagine how stressful it must be to make these projects. Devoting months to these insane projects that could very easily end up failing, all to entertain strangers on the internet. I have mad respect for that.

[@ShainAndrews]

Stressful? Glad your perception is yours to own.

[@immejor508]

@@ShainAndrews obviously it's stressful in this video it seems like he is just glad he finally finished it.

[@kattegutt8986]

@@ShainAndrews i think it is stressful he spends a lot of time to make videos we should really apricate this stuff

[@fluffybunny7089]

@@immejor508 he threw in the towel instead of aiming for perfect. It seems obvious this became too stressful and tedious. 8 hours to scan puzzle pieces sounds miserable, that's a piece every 7.2 seconds.

[@b3dubbs72]

@@fluffybunny7089 In engineering we say "perfection is the enemy of good enough"

[@skelliam]

I don't know if you'll see this comment in a sea of 12k comments, but I really really really REALLY appreciate how you showcase your successes AFTER a series of failures. Code bugs are a part of the process, and I so appreciate your willingness to share those. There are many other channels that filter out the failures. Awesome job. 🙏

[@Mutisi0n]

Seconded! Failures are how we learn, and showing the entire learning process is important

[@devotee]

I agree. I love that from his videos, the path to learn. Sometimes you see tech videos on KZbin from someone going through, let's say, a Linux installation, and they went so flawlessly, no typos, no errors, no unexpected things happening... That's not real life 😂

[@kvom01]

Retired programmer here. I would have debugged the process with a much smaller puzzle first, but you got there in the end. Kudos.

[@gregrice1354]

Fake programmer here- paste and text free JavaScripts together. I thought he adjusted down again, and tests for 2 x 2 pieces - doing as you suggested is goal of reasonable, professional which experience.

[@JSquared3214]

The humor in "Thank goodness I only have to do this X amount of times". I'm dying. Well done, sir!

[@arpitanand4693]

This guy's dry humor is probably up there with his engineering skills

[@Kawka1122]

This video is racist

[@LachimusPrime]

Says it 100 times 🤣

[@Kawka1122]

@@LachimusPrimethis video is insulting for black community and is racist

[@wanathan101]

Edison and the light bulb.

[@OfficiallySnek]

You know when Stuff Made Here says that he has tried to solve something for weeks, he has *literally spent weeks trying to solve it*

[@Wilsonbros123]

@@karlwithak1835 aaaaaaaand dislike

[@liamdonegan9042]

@Karl with a K Looks like you don't understand nuance

[@theisaac3036]

Facts

[@moose6459]

@@Wilsonbros123 oh no. The dislike button which does nothing on KZbin…

[@twitterpaited]

@@moose6459 not true, they increase the engagement metrics more than likes do!

[@brycemodugno5677]

I imagine that this would be an absolute hit at an art establishment or children's museum. It would get many people into Engineering.

[@gregrice1354]

Maybe even this 62 years old child!

[@syedabdullah8460]

As a Mechanical Design Engineer, my mind just went bullocks looking at how Software and Design Engineering has Integrated and how you solved the problem sequentially, Mechanically I suppose you can do way more precise movements, but what you have done has just peaked the whole project!! Love to see such videos, I get inspired to learn and get to enjoy Engineering!!

[@gregrice1354]

Yeah, ya know ? I would have expected to see if hear more of these solutions to common experience challenges, like games - especially if tech companies want us to believe they actually programmed their computers to win against champion players at Chess or Go (with oodles squared number potential moves. You had the human range, realistic goal of 4000 piece puzzle (after early Expectation Adjustment)

[@maxrosenbaum8502]

“It is, without a doubt, THE hardest project that I’ve done.” I love how this is how he feels after every project. Shane rules.

[@jpaugh64]

Yeah... What if he's specifically looking for projects to push his boundaries?

[@RuminaNero]

tbf each project he's done has gotten more and more complicated in succession, so it makes sense that every one would be the hardest

[@smorrow]

It's like Dragonball Z where the enemies just happen to come in increasing strength

[@jpaugh64]

@@smorrow To an extent, that might be realistic. Very powerful characters don't care that you exist, and very underpowered characters don't bother to oppose you.

[@OLDMANTEA]

Wife is like, “why doesn’t he go out more?”

[@yawcty6478]

I like how the third monitor says, “I’m slowly going totally insane” and then shows top vacation destinations with no robots

[@glenjamindle]

Yea, but...can dogs start their own youtube channels?

[@molnotsogame]

I'm not the only one who noticed this

[@mexicanloster225]

So glade I noticed it

[@CaseFace5]

I always love the little easter eggs he puts on his monitor screens lol

[@Imkingsmen]

Haha I noticed that too lol😂

[@NamedNitrogen]

“If at first you don’t succeed, reduce your expectations until you are a success” That is the best philosophical phrase I’ve heard. Ever.

[@threethrushes]

"Reasonable disposition moves reasonable disposition." by Marcus Aurelius is a banger, too.

[@TheMrGunmann]

As a programmer I can totally feel you saying: "It is an awesome job", while feeling some resignation and just being happy to not touch the code again :D

[@MrProfizmus]

I mean, you're not wrong - your original goal was to create a robot, to enable yourself solving this puzzle faster than it would normally take, which you estimated to be one year. And look at you go, done in 5 months! The highest level goal was absolutely achieved! :)

[@asitisrequiredasitisrequir3411]

if that was your goal the robot is redundant to building by hand, which was needed anyway heh

[@lillilacac]

That's less than half the time it woulda took him by hand!

[@straaths]

was it? I am a bitch but we all in our hearts know that the goal was to solve any given puzzle and not one specific self made puzzle. He is great, robot is epic, the video is great and the wife is right.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

​@@straaths Agreed. Though to be fair when he stated the goal he didn't know standard puzzle edges were too fuzzy and had all kinds of other issues.

[@johnweber4504]

... he has a point

[@josephdegraffenried3976]

As an automation engineer this blew me away. Keep doing crazy stuff like this!

[@GetOffMyPhoneGoogle]

How is it knowing that the better you do your job the less jobs people will have?

[@shawncarney9657]

@@GetOffMyPhoneGoogle sounds like a skill issue

[@life-oh1bc]

@@GetOffMyPhoneGoogle stop coping lmao

[@shawncarney9657]

@Joseph DeGraffenried. Keep up the good work, innovating the future 👏💪👍🙌

[@GetOffMyPhoneGoogle]

@@shawncarney9657 You can't automate my job. It's still a legitimate question.

[@Earsex4life]

The details on the screens in the background. The only having to do something X amount. This man iterates his videos for improvements just like his creations and even includes Easter eggs… Like everything about how his brain works is amazing. I don’t think I really looked up to anyone in my life or have someone I would say is or could be a roll model for myself but seriously this man is a role model to me. So many amazing things to look up to and value. Thank you Shane for everything you do and please keep doing the things as long as it makes you happy. I am so glad to see how many people value what you are doing and are supporting you. 🙏

[@TommyRaines]

Brief version of this fascinating story: human beings may be slow, but they're amazing

[@_Stormfather]

Our bodies are slow but our brains are fast. Computers have the opposite problem, if you consider that the speed of their brains is the speed of the programmer writing the code.

[@richardfeltham5080]

IMPORTANT TIP: Having spent a decade making laser cut jigsaws I have learned that if you cut it UPSIDE DOWN the slight bevel caused by the tapering of the beam focus works with you to iron out slight misalignments when assembling it. Wonderful, wonderful work and a joy to watch.

[@jessicalane107]

I get a ton of flashback on the bottom of materials not lifted off the bed. How do you prevent that?

[@sub-optimal]

@@jessicalane107 I cover it with sign writer's masking tape, which you can buy in rolls of any width. This stops the back-burn but means you have to peel it off each piece individually. Have became adept at doing this while watching tv...!

[@BlackDreaded]

what I love about Shane is that he also shows the fails - engineering is hard and a lot of trial and error - but succeeding like in this video feels great

[@CRneu]

being a good engineer means learning from your mistakes. nobody is perfect. drop the ego.

[@treo1230]

I think enginners don't need to do ultra precise machines (at least not in all the fields). I the machines they make are reliable and can give a pretty good solution in a reasonable time, or do a good job, it's all the better.

[@wojtekthegreat2115]

@Choas_Lord_512 Not a single person on the planet is perfect

[@wojtekthegreat2115]

@Choas_Lord_512 Your lack of humbleness in itself can be seen as a flaw, I'm not saying it is but many can see it as. You're not perfect. You're commenting on a youtube video right now when you could be out there saving lives, again - you're not perfect. But what is perfect? The eye of the beholder? Or someone or something with truly no flaws. I promise you are not the latter.

[@wojtekthegreat2115]

@Choas_Lord_512 Okay, so you didn't read the rest of my points. Lacking I see.

[@Mollerup1987]

Dude, just found your channel, not only are you super smart, but a comedy genius. When you said "than god I only had to do this once" I was already sus, but the 4. time I was crying. Also the fucking top screen is hidden gold from " im slowly going totally insane" to if dogs can start a YT channel and the vacation without robots. God damm this was a treat^^

[@JoshuaMatthias]

Watching these videos brings to light just how complex, amazing and precise our own bodies are. It also highlights how much success there is in "failure". To me the Success line is more about recognizing your achievements over dwelling on what still needs to be perfected. Love the humorous ending, months of work and she immediately recognizes 2 missing pieces. It also illustrates that the biggest (and least appreciated) part of a successful project is the R&D.

[@artemis2947]

i love the "I'm slowly going totally insane" message in the background, really shows how time consuming the process of this project was.

[@blakedawson4339]

I saw it to

[@deviusfeilds]

Plus the search for "holiday without robots". This is epic.

[@ross-carlson]

"Can my dog have a KZbin channel" was also pretty great - very cool little easter eggs for sure.

[@AJLindvall]

very Kubrick

[@poultrypants]

@@ross-carlson Yea, at 5:28

[@wouldntyaliktono]

The thing I like about this channel is that you have an idea, you scurry off and do it, and then post what you've done after it's all finished. There's no hurry to 'feed the algorithm' at the idealized pace, or keep up with current events. It's just good content, delivered after its actually finished and properly documented. I admire that a lot.

[@Lina-ws3by]

Actually he made a robot to enslave a human to make youtube videos at the perfectly fascinating pace.

[@corbettdollar2354]

Far and away my favorite channel in KZbin history personally

[@pvic6959]

he dont need no algorithm!

[@tobyihli9470]

Congratulations! This is what makes this nation so great. All across the nation people are solving the worlds puzzling problems, bit by bit. (Pun intended) I know I for one am proud of you!

[@kingginger3335]

Everyone knows that if you're putting a puzzle together, you start with the outside pieces and work your way to the middle. Any pieces that have a flat edge is clearly the outter perimeter pieces. So, theoretically you could potentially build an all white puzzle, quicker than trying to compare all the pieces together

[@EM-mw2qr]

Yep!

[@Jean_Mi]

With a normal puzzle (not completely blank), it's quicker to assemble the pieces according to their color, sometimes in the center, sometimes everywhere Then progress towards the edges Watch international competitions

[@EM-mw2qr]

Unless they make the all white puzzle the shape of a cloud that has no edges.

[@SpamQGamers]

some puzzles have a false edge

[@kingginger3335]

@@SpamQGamers true

[@ScottStronghill]

Looking forward to part 3, where the expectations gnaw away at your soul until you have no choice but to revisit this project until it's fully automated.

[@notalizardperson]

And part 4, where it goes completely ridiculous, starting with one of the lost puzzle pieces it generates the rest of the puzzle, laser cuts it, then places it in the correct location.

[@Shellcool]

@@notalizardperson yes please 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dkatunin1497]

Classic move

[@jurajvariny6034]

And it will play music with marbles.. oh that was on different channel?

[@Ithenna]

And thank goodness he'll only have to take pictures of the pieces another 53 times.

[@smashingpencils]

What an absolute legend. He could have easily put in those missing pieces at the end and not shown it on camera. But he didn't. Honest KZbinrs like this are so rare. Thank you Shane!

[@technoturnovers7072]

I feel like he could have just altered the interior sides of those 4 pieces to actually be correct, and then only rescanned those 4 pieces.... I mean, he's honest, I won't knock him there, but I feel like he missed a simple solution

[@nikomitk8091]

6:30 As a software engineer, many people that say stuff like that have no clue about problem solving and just learned a bit of coding on the Internet. Choosing the programming language for a project depends on several factors, and runtime performance is only a small one.

[@dhlml]

The life lesson: start smaller, tweak as you go, and only then move to larger scale... that said, my hat off to you for not giving up and making it work!

[@shreyasjha576]

At 19:29, I thought you were gonna say became a patreon/member or something, but you said, "consider becoming a programmer". That took me by surprise haha.Thanks for inspiring millions of people around the world to pick up programming as an awesome hobby/career.

[@SirYohan]

Honestly, reducing expectations and being able to accept "good enough" is an incredibly powerful and important skill for an engineer to develop. It's not being lazy, it's being efficient with your time.

[@vinceb8041]

Absolutely, getting stuck on perfectionism is the death of success

[@Pants13]

That’s probably what the Hayatt walkway engineers thought

[@aravind930]

@@Pants13more like 'guidelines are there as suggestions'

[@SirYohan]

The Hyatt disaster was tragically an overlooked flaw in the design. What I am talking specifically about here is scope creep and managing existing scope. Saving himself literally dozens of hours of work for very minimal improvement on a personal hobby project is worthy of accepting "good enough". The same thing even applies to huge engineering efforts like the Hyatt Bridge. Every single engineering project, success and failure alike, has had to draw that line and the skill of the engineer is knowing where to draw it.

[@Helper800]

I could never get to this point in my early 20's. I am no engineer, however, when I was in college and doing 3D modeling in Maya I could not help but zoom in and move the vertices around until I was satisfied. Many tens of wasted hours later I realized I shouldn't be a 3D modeler. I am too hung up on the spectre of perfection. I have since developed a "good enough" attitude, although It usually just takes me a bit longer than most to get there. Excellent advice, I wholly agree.

[@jackhsrper]

I was blown away impressed at the problem solving skill to even figure out how to effectively quantify each point on the edges! You’re awesome bro! You’re living the dream and I’m happy to just watch!

[@miguellopes6669]

There are many established algorithms for this, some of them from 40 years ago, that´s the easy part.

[@asafkessler6635]

I want to tell you that as good you are as an engineer you are as an educator! You have an amazing philosophy on the middle ground between hard work and romantic viewpoint. I love how you said that their is something poetic about them two pieces being missing

[@RADRaze2KX]

Loved how you were like "Luckily, I only have to do this 1 time" "2 times" "3 times" . Video was fantastic! I love your content!

[@TheWinjin]

I loved how he immediately upscaled from like 16 to 4002 instead of doing something like a 64 puzzle piece.

[@rksworld4405]

the second time around i bet he didnt actualy do it haha

[@ericcochrane7379]

Anyone that knows anything about automation knows how ridiculously hard of a challenge this is. Your projects are all so intense dude, love it!!

[@ut971]

So true. We have the same project in school but just for 18 pieces... it was mind boggling hard to put them together in automation mode with a 6-axes robot.

[@imrelunde9704]

@@ut971 Yeah, and thats only 16 pieces! i don't think people really understand how much knowledge you need to do something like this haha

[@MatejSuchy]

Agree, all his projects are pretty complex compare to others :) love it!

[@sarsaparillasunset3873]

What an utter waste of time

[@fonkbadonk5370]

Automation engineer with a background in IT here. It's REALLY frustrating at times conveying to customers which problems are the hard ones, because from a human standpoint the match between problem and hardness is often entirely different from a computer's point of view, which also don't have such a nicely "standardized" set of sensory input as humans. (Seemingly) simple issues like a scale giving slightly off measurements that don't quite match with what the level or flow meters report, but your PLC only getting the weight, while the people in the plant can clearly see the other values, can and WILL lead to deviations from the product's recipe. Nearly impossible to explain if you're not being lucky enough to have a techy of the customer involved. (Which is negligent and shouldn't happen, but hellooo real world.) And that's an extremely simple example. Like, bottom of the barrel.

[@andyiswonderful]

That was one of the most interesting KZbin I have ever seen. But, I have a PhD in engineering and I love puzzles, so it was inevitable.

[@tickytickytango5634]

Puget Systems: "So what kind of specs are you looking for?" Shane: "All of them."

[@ohalee-nkwochachijioke7624]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@benlasseri6266]

I think we can feel your pain building this robot and having to tone down expectations. Thanks for making this it's amazing.

[@santhosh3374]

Its always like that in development. If you can't fight it, Join it or how developers say "Its not a bug, its a feature"

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Jesus Christ is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. They that believeth and are baptized (with the Holy Spirit) shall be saved; but they that believeth not shall be damned. Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. 👍🏾 *God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.* As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him. Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Another truth many have been deceived of: When you trust in God and cast your cares (worries, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts) upon him, they will be NO MORE! Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! The world is wicked, evil, and of the devil. I too, was a wicked sinner of the world before I opened my heart to God. I am living proof of God's work and fruitfulness! He is an active God who hears the prayers of his! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous. The devil is a liar that comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy; that includes your relationship with God! Open your heart to God, repent of your sins (he will forgive you), and let him direct your path. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands and purify your heart, lest you walk with the devil and follow him to hell.

[@XxSUPERPOOPxX]

@@Call_Upon_YAH You do realize that not only are you failing to win anyone over to your belief system with posts like these, but in reality you're actually pushing people AWAY from your beliefs by schizo-posting like this... right? Your religion can be all fine and well as written in its holy book, but not only are you doing a horrible job of spreading the *actually good* parts of your religion, you're also looking like an absolutely insane unhinged street preacher.

[@TimeBucks]

That assembly time lapse was so satisfying

[@morellatovar4151]

Bien

[@Tyeler80]

S A T I S F Y I N G 😍🤩🤩✨⭐️🌟💫

[@nazkhan3506]

👍

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

I wonder if a vacuum table would have held the pieces in place better during assembly.

[@hemantpatel1789]

Nice👍

[@eastsideeddie]

Do you mind that I absolutely LOVE your wife? You worked so hard on this whole project and she comes in at the end and totally steals the video with one simple question. Awesome!!

[@bonelesschickenwings]

People like you are rare. This is really cool. Your intelligence, ambition, creativity, and dedication make for amazing content and amazing creations!!

[@ccbbaaron]

I know you are slowly going totally insane but as much anticipation and excitement that I've had awaiting this second part must be immeasurable to the feelings you've had for this project. With relocating on top of the emotional and physical -torment- tribulations, you still completed it. Congratulations, and thank you for putting in the hard work (and fun little details).

[@feeterican]

I saw that on the monitor behind him when he cut back to talking.

[@gerstmanndavid]

Darn! I thought I was the only one. 😁

[@DannySullivanMusic]

you are 1000% spot on.

[@Mikeztarp]

A lot of people try to mix educational and entertaining, but no one does it quite this way, and rarely this well. The originality and ambition of your projects, the little jokes you have to pay attention to notice... I love this channel.

[@UNKNOWNUSER-fv6nk]

True that... As far as I know this channel is the best mix of both education and entertainment ... I always once again amazed how he packs so much cool stuff in short video

[@Environmenthrall]

I don't know, I try to find the jokes, and I just feel as though I'm slowly going totally insane.

[@cameron7374]

I love how he manages to explain the broad software concepts in a really easy to understand way without having to go into a super in-depth explanation of all the algorithms and mathematics involved. Makes it feel more accessible.

[@paulgreen4553]

This is a puzzle I would 100% frame and hang it on the wall! The missing pieces, the effort that went into completing it the parts with the little missing spots... man it's truly a piece of art!

[@XxJokyxX]

Hey Shane! Programmer here! What are the odds you could upload all the images of the pieces and their right sorting for a nice coding challenge? :)

[@gregrice1354]

@XxJokyxX (inserted because Android only occasionally performs according to+20 years old web page standards, like replying under selected comments- I hear interim Google CEO due for replacement by founder Brinn. More than a little refurbishment past due for existing Google services and products. Yeah! Document the daring detail to the deadly "AI" tool dealies". That should show some years as measure how soon they can achieve results equal to or better than Shane has achieved in 5 months

[@JosephTyndaleRay]

The only KZbin channel I immediately play when a new video comes out. Absolutely insane discipline and commitment. Always motivates me to keep up my own learning.

[@I.____.....__...__]

Hopefully not _immediately_ immediately, hopefully you pull over or wait until break-/lunch-time or recess or whatever. 🤨

[@TheGreatProphecy]

@@I.____.....__...__ nope, immediately, while im driving or have my hand in a patient.

[@meansnada]

Agreed. This guy is beyond insane.

[@midnigh7x]

Only this guy and Mark Rober. Their low upload amount but high quality means you know they'll be great

[@Vinok1990]

I love that on his top monitor it says word by word “I’m slowly going totally insane” I think it’s neat that he took the time to do that and never say anything about it

[@JesusP7]

And the following monitor had: "Top Vacation Destinations with NO robots" 😆

[@user-cm7hk5hb6u]

I noticed that too

[@erlinghandal9636]

Could be messages from his wife?

[@christyjacob6200]

Bro i was gonna comment the same thing I was searching for anyone who found it

[@stigcc]

I only noticed "I'm insane" lol

[@Boostf83]

By far my new favorite channel… the topics are so abstract and I love it

[@Skywolve1998]

The story being told on the third monitor is a nice touch. At first I was like "Why does that screen just say 'I'm'?" but then it slowly made sense and kept getting better

[@sabrod92]

I know right

[@philswiftfan7228]

Loved this Easter egg lmao spirited I had to scroll this far to find a comment😂

[@JanTuts]

14:33 "Top vacation destinations with NO robots" :D

[@Muskar2]

6:57 9:39 9:45 9:53 13:09

[@Tyler-gb8il]

@@Muskar2 thank you, absolute goat

[@ChristianBehnke]

Congratulations on the 3998 piece puzzle assembly! Seriously impressed.

[@thesinistermobs1564]

The puzzle is actually 46*87 which is 4002 pieces, so with 2 pieces missing it comes out to exactly 4000

[@thijsbeentjes4008]

@@colinsouthern technically not, cuz we're not counting missing pieces and the small extra pieces were also left out during assembly

[@LordDragox412]

If only he went the route certain other people go and just had the robot take pieces away from a completed puzzle and reverse the footage, he could "assemble" it much faster. But it's Stuff Made Here, the guy who goes above and beyond to create things that actually work and not just look like they're working, amazing as always.

[@thijsbeentjes4008]

@@colinsouthern as far as I can see only 4000 pieces were presented in the end. You say it's 4 more because of the 4 pieces that got split into 2 parts (1 big and 1 small), but as far as I can tell he didn't put those small pieces in. Therefore it's still 4000 pieces and not 4004 like you said.

[@thijsbeentjes4008]

@@colinsouthern maybe he doesn't consider those small parts actual pieces. Also if he intentionally didn't put them in they wouldn't really be missing (cuz he knows where they are), they'd just not be in the puzzle. The reason I don't think they're in is because he showed himself putting the 4 bigger deformed pieces in, but didn't show himself putting those small parts in and I think he would've shown that too if he did.

[@Paul-sj5db]

Couple of suggestions. 1. Try it on a smaller puzzle first. That way you wouldn't have to "only scan 4000 pieces 4 times". 2. Create tests for your code. 3. Instead of abrading the pieces and rescanning and creating your own and rescanning you could have removed noise programmatically which would make it better able to handle real puzzles.

[@jons4534]

Just stumbled on this channel. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to a guy who's clearly very smart AND entertaining. A happy new subscriber.

[@ethananderson523]

You can tell how hard this one must have been compared to the other projects he's done (which all seem very hard as well) because he cut so many corners and just accepted it.

[@MumrikDK]

He also looks a good bit rougher than usual :D

[@cameronl1859]

I really think he overengineered this one. He could have just scanned each piece and converted it to SVG - there are a ton of libraries out there that can do this. The SVG would have polygon data which he could then use to map out the placement. He could do that by iterating over every non-flat side of each piece and finding the area of the gap or overlap of each non-flat side of all other pieces - the piece with a side that has the lowest area of all pieces will fit with the piece being iterated over. You'd do this for each non-flat side until every non-flat side is paired with another. The code for that should only take a few hours to write at worst, and could run just fine on any machine, and you wouldn't have to worry about imprecisions in the puzzle cutting.

[@krinklesofmadness]

@@MumrikDKtrying to pump out content in the midst of a shop move can’t be stress free either I imagine

[@bluvalor7443]

@@cameronl1859 Bold assumption to think, that there are no 2 sides of the same shape. And even if that is the case the interface between real world and data - scanning the pieces - likely wouldn't yield precise enough data for this to work (There is a little bit less than 16000 sides over there, the margin of error is too small). Hell, if these situations didn't happen, the recursive algorithm he wrote would have only 1 possible solution branch which would be the correct solution, and I doubt it was the case. And most of all, he addressed all of this in different words in this video,

[@zach4505]

@@cameronl1859 By finding the area of the gap or overlap, you need to compare each edge with another with a good deal of math for each. The solution you suggest would probably work on a smaller scale and if less precision was needed. I think the locality sensitive hash is scalable because the math to find similar edges is done without comparisons.

[@xavierhill2785]

i felt real pain watching you paint over that wall mural. that was my favorite project so far

[@RichardBarclay]

Don't be sad because it ended, be happy because it happened.

[@CorporateZombi]

Preserved on KZbin... And in memory.

[@KeithGroover]

And it makes me sad that a landlord actually thought a blank wall was an improvement.

[@piratecheese13]

"a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts" -K9 from Star Wars

[@operatorismail6038]

Did anyone notice the “I’m going totally insane”

[@Turboy65]

Here are the simple rules for solving a puzzle more quickly: Start by sorting the pieces. Look for edge pieces and corner pieces. Once you have sorted out all of those, resort the edge pieces into categories based on whether or not each of the three non-flat sides are "tab" or "socket" or "other" which is any uncommon shape. So those side pieces are subdivided into 27 categories. You can now build the frame fairly quickly by knowing which category pieces match what you are looking for right now. Of course you sorted all the pieces into these categories. With the frame complete, now start sorting all the rest of the pieces into shape categories, but on all four sides. Now you still have a lot of pieces to sort through but at least you can limit your search to only those pieces that are in the categories that fit what you are currently looking for.

[@DJSAYBR]

One nice thing with this method is once the frame is together your always looking for 2 sides of a piece making significantly less potential matches

[@gregrice1354]

Nice pseudo code.

[@R1eger25]

@14:33 "top vacation destinations with NO robots" omg cracked me up lmao keep up the content amazing stuff

[@sjohnson8505]

I don't normally write comments but the amount of effort you put in for something any other person would think insane or give up after a day really shows how far humanity can go when pushed all limits away through mere patience

[@Drikeslite]

He said he was going insane on the top monitor

[@jmchez]

"Happiness is the difference between expectations and achievements." -- Some ancient wise man

[@thefekete]

You misspelled a word.. it's "insanity" not "humanity" But seriously, if you work at something everyday, at some point you'll be somewhere you never thought possible.

[@GoldBass]

I've been a coder for over 35 years, and this is the most perfect visualization of the iterative process of software problem defining, solving, experimenting, building, testing, rebuilding, retesting. Great work.

[@lukeb1663]

Rebuild, retest, reduce (expectations)

[@yeyuan6273]

Rebuild, retest, reduce...... crashes on site, shitty code, even shittier code if someone trying to copy paste it, it’s bullsht what you are saying.... get it right or at least logically perfect at the first place!

[@murdo_mck]

But why didn't he prototype with a 40 piece puzzle?

[@dariusdaynight]

What a legend. Tackled hurdles one by one and kept persevering. Great inspiration!

[@XIIchiron78]

Guessing the edge bug is due to the lack of neighbors to compare with so it ends up being valid by omission

[@Hello-oy6zz]

I love it. The "I'm slow going totally insane" spelled out in different fonts whenever there was a shot of you speaking at the computer. Thank you for going through 32 hours of taking pictures for the project

[@Firedogs14]

And after that there was a search for vacation spots with NO robots

[@MK-xd5wg]

It's like are you ok bro, do we need to call someone?

[@jonnychapman2010]

considering how perfect every single of of his projects turn out - i think this shows how unbelievably difficult this project must have been

[@ThePyranthos]

@@nixietubes yea, unlike his other projects. Thats the point op was making. He does all these incredible projects, and they turn out great. Its rare to see one give him so many issues, but this one did, and is still impressive as hell.

[@topogigio7031]

That's because its not for you, its for him. If KZbin didn't exist, he would still be an Engineer.

[@topogigio7031]

Hopefully you Zoomers will understand someday, but Humans typically have at least one major passion in their lives that they would do even if that activity were harmful to them. Ive never seen a Zoomie that cares about anything at all, but hopefully some of you care about teaching and treating others well enough that society doesn't collapse.

[@venomous_zxs5493]

@@topogigio7031 who the hell r u talking to

[@amarissimus29]

Agreed. I wouldn't call his functioning machines perfect, but rather perfectable proofs-of-concept. But yes, if this man is stymied by a problem, it's probably a corker.

[@110jmartin011]

Thanks for this video, I stopped working on a video game that required rng mapping and "puzzle fitting" of the generated tiles because of how difficult the algorithm was, this has inspired me to pick it up again.

[@beardalaxy]

It's stuff like this that makes me think we are still a long way from robots taking over. They still require so much human intervention, let alone needing to be made by humans, who are imperfect to begin with. Great video.

[@alucryts]

God this video resonated so hard with me lol. I'm an engineer and I've run in to this same wall of "well fuck this is going to take a long time to solve let's change the scope". It's not a cop out. Sometimes it's reality. Showing the struggles and the copes along the way really gives weight to this problem beyond what most videos could ever possibly do.

[@JonDotExe]

At this point my email signature should just be "Log it as an edge case and push it to next quarter."

[@Gunbudder]

Not only could a TV show never be able to produce a segment like this, it would never be as good. this is peak youtube. you took months and months to make a single segment, and its amazing

[@Frodo_Shaggins]

That's why I love channels like these. No drama, just fun. Even though he doesn't upload often you understand why and can appreciate all the hard work that's put into this stuff.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

How could a TV show never produce something like this? Is mythbusters not a TV that did similar stuff to this?

[@Gunbudder]

@@pyropulseIXXI not quite, mythbusters could not afford to take months and all the budget to make a single episode. even mythbuster's larger episodes that had some hefty budget were super rushed compared to this video. it just doesn't make sense financially to spend so much time on a single video unless you are independent and sponsored. mythbusters didn't have any sponsors (as far as i know) and was beholden to the network and advertisers that bought slots on the show. if they took a few months to make a single insane episode, that would be months of no advertising revenue

[@FNpro07]

“I’m slowly going totally insane” is what the top monitor said I am to 😂

[@AnonymouslyAnonymous06004]

I like how I don't understand a 60% of what he's saying and yet this is still fascinating and entertaining somehow. Oh and btw Danny Postma stole your If at first you don't succeed quote on Twitter XD.

[@KarenPuzzles]

I'm more exhausted watching this than I am every time I solve a solid color puzzle.

[@esalmond2286]

I'd love to see you race the robot! Maybe with a more reasonable sized puzzle though 😊

[@robertraish4279]

This would combine two random parts of the internet that I would have never imagined coming together!! Would be brilliant!!

[@thesledgehammerblog]

I'd like to see this thing try to solve the Ketchup puzzle.

[@Jack-cv4ej]

hi

[@bennydreamly]

@@thesledgehammerblog OMG YES THAT WOULD BE AMAZING

[@maksymbozhko5896]

I am a programmer thinking "this guy does such cool stuff" as he says "you should consider becoming a programmer". I laughed out loud at that moment 😅

[@NoNameAtAll2]

what language?

[@commiedog425]

@@NoNameAtAll2 clearly English 🤦

[@camerondorson3700]

@@commiedog425he meant programming language I assume.

[@NoNameAtAll2]

@@camerondorson3700 it was a joke, I assume :)

[@figfox2425]

If you're a programmer, you probably think at one point: "I would have done it differently" and then "I am sure It would work better that way"... ^^

[@shangjiezheng5930]

I think another possible way to find match try scan all the edges of each piece once, write a hashmap code to store it, then write a program that would calculate the desired “other piece” according to it’s hash code. It runs in constant time complexity, if we found duplicate match, then we can try a linear scan but it saves ton of time.

[@mediaskate648]

You pure grit and dedication to a problem is so admirable. Cheers bro!

[@Stepbrohelp]

I’ve always been genuinely curious if you happen to be an exceptionally talented engineer or if a lot of engineers are as talented as you are but just aren’t as good at making KZbin videos about their engineering. All the stuff you make is absolutely incredible and your content is super entertaining, keep it up man!

[@jays7761]

People don't watch him because he's a good engineer... they watch him because he is an interesting and entertaining engineer; and THOSE are qualities that aren't common to all of the others.

[@tessapugh868]

I'm currently in engineering school and I have to say I will not have this guy's capabilities by the time I graduate, a vanishingly small set of people do. It's also not for everyone, some people just want to build sewer systems and its hard to do that alone, but I can tell you that these projects come from a quality education, probably some interesting friends with similar self-driven interests, and then unimaginable amounts of interest, drive, dedication, resistance to failure, and heaps and heaps of practice. However, as Jay S said as well, he's also an incredible videographer and communicator, and those artistic abilities are definitely rare among my classmates and the professionals i've worked with.

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

I think his experience is a big part he worked in industry for I believe a decade before videos started during the pandemic

[@jasperfeldschuh3644]

He actually has more experience with computer science. (Masters degree in CS vs a bachelor's in mechanical engineering)

[@bhx7527]

@@tessapugh868 Also an unimaginable stockpile or everything imaginable. Did you see his storage?

[@VictorPenteado]

You did an amazing puzzle assistant. Much better than a boring puzzle solver who can make it all alone and without knowing the power of friendship

[@JP-vs1ys]

just great talent and very hard to imagine for those of us without this level of skill and awareness. much respect.

[@clownshoesmma6249]

Haven’t seen you for a while so hope everything is fine. I really love this channel

[@martyphillips1470]

He uploaded recently [=

[@sirtaugs]

And just uploaded again!!!

[@ant_onion]

"I'm slowly going totally insane" Well, i think i would too if i spend months on a hard project. Mad respect for your content

[@NeverVoteRepublican]

The follow-up was even funnier: "Top vacation destinations with no robots". @StuffMadeHere enjoy your vacation!!!!

[@yeetiusmaximuss]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that notice this lmao

[@mdrzn]

Good thing he only had to count 4k pieces four times!

[@glenmacadaeg]

"I'm slowly going totally insane" 😅 What I really love about your videos are your careful explanations of your thought process in solving problems. Your channel isn't a project building channel but a problem solving one ❤️ I look forward to future problems you'll solve!

[@WangMan_]

14:49 "Top vacation destinations with no robots" was my favourite

[@stonedyeet2675]

Ah you saw that too!

[@jonrayroman7930]

Thank god I wasn’t the only one that noticed this. I was scrolling down so far and no one was talking about it.

[@3mileshi]

A stunning video. I love the battle between science and the in the moment engineering that actually moves the project forward like the seating of the pieces manually: clearly the concept is proved, and so this small conceit is forgiven, to be solved later, and we satisfy everyone but the wife, which is pretty much an A+. This is the first video of yours I've seen, but I'm looking forward to more. Thanks!

[@felipejaramillo477]

It’s mind blowing that there are people out there who’s brains can put things like this together naturally.

[@SJL30]

What I like about you is you aren't afraid to admit your mistakes. You actually embrace them and let people know what went wrong or why things didn't work. Some people out there pretend they are so smart and get everything perfect on the first try everytime. Thanks for being real

[@desertwoodcraft2307]

Videos like this make me realize just how amazing the human mind is at solving problems.

[@TassieLorenzo]

Would it be possible to have the puzzle machine analyse the piece shapes in real time (like a human solving a puzzle), instead of loading ALL the puzzle pieces into the algorithm in advance? That would seem much more like organically solving the puzzle, as opposed to pre-solving the puzzle and then just recognising each piece and moving it to the spot.

[@RCP-1136]

*some human minds, most of us just watch them do it.

[@austin7553]

And how many people waste that ability. Me for example unfortunately :(. Stupid instant gratification issues.

[@BrainHurricanes]

@@TassieLorenzo You mean like putting all the pieces randomly on a table, so the puzzle machiene can put it all together ? And maybe first solve the outer puzzles and work it's way in ?

[@CHIEF_420]

💻

[@julienkohnhauser]

Why didn't you try the algorithm first with only 2 parts, you already know they fit and scaled it up on the whole puzzle once it works? Congrats on the great project.

[@timbasel4965]

It would be so cool if Shane could release the images of the puzzle pieces. I'm a computer science student and I would love to try find an own solution to the problem.

[@christianskjerning4454]

Time for a puzzle-solver-algorithm-simulation game, no more goats, farming or goods hauling

[@jamesbrown99991]

Sounds good to me.

[@ILiTTILe]

That would actually be very cool.

[@adriendebosse6941]

I'm not a programmer, but i'm curious about the edge pairing algorithm, how much tolerance about the edges matching it has and with that what would happen if we start to increase the tolerance.

[@Zeo_Kana]

I was wondering the same thing. as i'd have used a local database or a dictionary object (c#) to store the pieces which would have meant that a lookup would have been fast. but i love the locality sensitive hashing approach. One of my colleagues always says "theres more than one way to skin a cat", not sure he liked cats, either way, theres definitely more than one way to tackle this issue.

[@masonprice8992]

Gotta love the absolute gems he drops in on his computer screen in the background.

[@HiVizCamo]

Totally Insane

[@vaskey784]

Lol top vacation spots without robots was my favorite lol

[@masonprice8992]

Same lol

[@CarlLeisegang]

I am slowly going totally insane

[@fashvr9961]

please make a part 3, in which you give the robot the ability to scan the pieces by itself and solve the puzzle without help. leaving it like that is so unsatisfying.

[@JasonF_1985]

This is such a great project, thanks for putting in the work.

[@davidmontgomery1016]

Retired programmer here (~40 years). Very impressive work. My work was not in machine control but in information analysis (scheduling, decision making etc.). I get the idea that you expressed about the destination is the journey. I have written several programs just because I wanted to know if I could do it. I'm nerdy that way. Wife's response was priceless.

[@demonindenim]

Sometimes I've spent ages on the silliest and most useless projects ever, but the problem-solving along the way is the fun (and sometimes stressful) part. Even if the result is useless, the knowledge you gain alongside it is infinitely helpful to future "useful" projects.

[@dabrick100]

My people

[@topogigio7031]

FYI Everyone liking this dude's comment, just so you know, in the IT world his position is the most loathsome job in the entire industry. You know how Amazon and Twitter are being sued for using an algorithm to decide how to fire people? This guy worked on that.

[@topogigio7031]

Cannot believe that someone would be proud of destroying the US employment system. Man, I reaaallly hate how many Trump Cultists are in the IT field.

[@dabrick100]

@@topogigio7031 information analysis is much more broad than that. Idk what ur problem is with this dude. This guy could have worked on DNA genome modeling and predictions for all you know

[@libsyates2426]

Somehow this is both the funniest and most educational channel I watch on the regular. "That takes about eight hours, so I'm glad I only have to do it [number] times!" had me cracking up harder each time

[@garyjsu]

Same. The first time he repeated it, I smiled. The 2nd time, I audibly chuckled. The 3rd time, I laughed loudly enough my wife asked me what I was watching. I tried to explain. She just looked at me funny.

[@NoNameEst1992]

@@garyjsui get the same but isn't it annoying because then it's like "Well don't f**king ask then" 🤦😂...

[@ShootLiegh]

As soon as he said it twice I immediately knew it wasn't the last either.

[@Campfire_Bandit]

+

[@user-vn2hl6hj5v]

Everything about these videos is just perfect. It looks so, beautiful and satisfying to watch and explanations are so clear, I just can't describe it. And somehow Shane manages to make videos very fun. Attention to the details is just astonishing. Even after watching it the third time you discover even more previously unnoticed memes and easter eggs. Third monitor jokes are just so neat...

[@DarrenSteward]

“Packed tighter than a neutrino star” 😂, also the monitor saying “I’m slowly going totally insane” is also awesome. Such an awesome project and video, thank you!

[@nunom3293]

This is one of your best episodes. Not only for the engineering project, but also for adding some philosophy / poetry perls like: "If at first you don't succeed, reduce your expectations until you're a success" or "There is something poetic on two pieces missing".

[@ilikechineseteaespeciallyj7262]

Pearls*

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

5 months since the last video you know the next one is about to be crazy

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

I never put "time"expectations on KZbin creators. I'm happy when they post, even if they just tell us they're good.

[@rileysaunders8728]

​@@stephen-ng child is the biggest project of all

[@gnorts_mr_alien]

@@rileysaunders8728 the wife will be like "you do all those things, but can you do this?" and point to the baby

[@sfacets]

OP was having a kid - so yeah that project is definitely right up there on the crazy!

[@trinitythemiata2197]

“In this video I make a child”

[@grithog5399]

Honestly, I can’t understand how someone this smart would not test each step on a small scale before committing the whole puzzle to it. UNLESS he’s just leveraging big failures for entertainment purposes.

[@Observ45er]

People who have the time to make you Tube videos are usually not the busiest folks with serious jobs requiring skill.

[@thomasw178]

Educational purposes. This man is clearly not a schill.

[@Volkaer]

My expectations: "I need to take a picture of every piece one at a time - thankfully I only need to do this once" machine: "error reading photo - please re-scan piece 2935" I guess my expectations got reduced :(

[@hobojimmy3500]

I’d watch 3 hour long videos just talking about the process! Love these videos!!!

[@raggedybritches5798]

Same here. I would be interested in seeing the process in exhaustive detail.

[@danielfloyd9742]

"If at first you don't succeed, lower your expectations until you're a success." words of wisdom.

[@isoplus3513]

Until your wife walks in and makes you feel like a failure again...😒😰😉 words of reality.

[@whyiwakeup6460]

@@isoplus3513 someone didn’t follow the advice above

[@cate01a]

words of complacency

[@aikisteven0616]

"Failure is just Success, rounded down"

[@kakp123]

Wisdom is the offspring of time and suffering

[@Barncatfish]

Truly inspiring, entertaining, and educational, with nice sides of humor and philosophy. Savor these years of creative genius young man while you have the energy and determination to bring these dauntingly wacky projects to fruition. Well done.

[@ENFPerspectives]

12:00 I am feeling guilty for beating myself up when I hung my patio curtains three different ways before I found the right way. I feel so much better now, knowing a computer whiz makes mistakes also. Thanks for sharing them.

[@lupinario]

This was absolutely amazing. Great job!