One of the great things about LEGO is that you can make just about anything out of those little plastic blocks. This includes a machine that lets you make other things: an assembly line.
A Japanese YouTube user going by the name of akiyuky has created the “LEGO Great Ball Contraption,” a Rube Goldberg-esque complicated machine that, as the name suggests, moves little balls around in intricate ways. The video runs for seven minutes, which gives you an idea of how detailed the device is. It’s even got robotic arms.
If you like this, you might also like our post on 16 Epic Lego Weapons. Since the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests occurred recently, you might be interested in a LEGO diorama of a controversial pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis.
Source: The Automata Blog