Sorting Machine

A machine for sorting anything using Raspberry Pi, Mindstorms and a PC. Originally created for chilli peppers. This repo contains code for lego bricks.

Read the paper here.

Raspberry Pi Installation Instructions

1. Update the Raspberry Pi's software

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

2. Install git

sudo apt-get install git -y

3. Download the Node version manager install script and pipe it to bash to execute

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash

4. Add nvm to path

export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"

5. Use nvm to install the Node long term support versions

nvm install --lts

6. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/rubenuijtdewilligen/sorting-machine.git

7. Move the rpi folder to sorter/

mv sorting-machine/rpi/ sorter/

8. Remove the rest of the repository

rm -rf sorting-machine

9. Change directory to sorter/

cd sorter/

10. Use npm to install the required Node modules (only Express)

npm install

11. Execute the program

node .