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[StudioJooj] is trying to torture or test his colleagues in his office. A lot of folks leave a candy jar on their desks for all to enjoy but he’s making his friends work for their reward. Like cubicle-dwelling lab subjects, they must successfully navigate his maze to be rewarded with chocolate. The game piece is an amazingly orb-like peanut M&M candy. The maze is constructed from plywood and moves on two axis with the help of a couple of servos. The user interface includes a couple of NES console buttons to release the game piece and a PS2 joystick to control the maze. [StudioJooj] was nice enough to include a music video in his project clip.
We wonder the M&Ms will disappear faster or slower than they would from a candy jar.
[via SparkFun]
Awesome!
One problem: the candy falling down the fail ramp is still given to the user at the front of the maze. I would much rather see a clumsy coworker try again and again…
Youtube link is missing last letter http://www.youtube.com/v/kUqRcLjFOUc
Sorry the embedded video is missing part of the URL.
Sorry about that! Fixed.
How about a fail ramp that puts the M&M back in the dispenser. Then you only get the reward for successful completion and you don’t have to keep reloading the dispenser as often.
The music sucks
hi
What do you say about putting a camera above and control the system with computer vision and maze solving algorithm?
Amnon
I was always disturbed by the M&M dispenser that spit an M&M out of its hip. Almost like it is feeding you its baby.
@ asdf Gotta agree with you there, but the build is pretty sweet (pun intended)!