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This machine, known as the Great Ball Contraption (GBC), was built by a Japanese mechanical engineer in his house over the course of two years — a total of a whopping 600 hours in construction time.The monstrous 5 ft x 21 ft (1.5m x 6.5m) machine boasts 17 modules that can process 500 balls for a length of 101.7 ft (31m) at a rate of one ball per second.
It’s not just the machine’s enormous size that impresses fans, but the individual modules themselves, which are described as follows:
- Ball factory
- Zigzag stair
- Zigzag lift
- Pneumatic
- Cup
- Screw T1
- Basket shooter
- Mechanical train
- Screw T2
- Screw T3
- Spiral lift T2
- Elevator and coaster
- Fork
- Spiral lift T1 & step
- Catch and release
- Belt conveyor & pinball
- 5-axis robot S750
Source: Design News