Cargo terminal

Description

The exhibition is a simple model of a cargo terminal, where we have taken some important elements and built it all with LEGO® bricks, apart from the base. The exhibition has a platform to represent a warehouse. The warehouse is divided into two departments separated by a pallet rack. One half is the goods receipt and the other half is the loading area. To transport the pallets from the receiving department to the loading department an automatic pallet conveyor belt has been built. In each department there's a forklift, which is controlled by using the two LEGO joysticks. A road encircles the platform, where two automated trucks follows the road using the line of tape on the base. To make the trucks depart, there is a button on the side of the cab which has to be pressed. This button can be activated by collision with the forklift. When this button is activated, the truck drives into the other dock. The trucks are communicating together internally, so if a destination is occupied, it waits until it's available. The exhibition was presented at LEGOWorld in Denmark 2010 and LEGOWorld in the Netherlands 2010.

Facts

Start:

Dec. 2009

End:

Feb. 2010

Bricks:

About 7200 pcs.

Buildtime:

180 hours

Programming time:

200 hours

Additional time:

20 hours

Special Bricks

14

NXT Motors

7

RCX Motors

6

NXT's

6

NXT Touch Sensors

3

RCX Light Sensors

2

NXT Light Sensors

2

NXT Color Sensors

2

RCX's

1

RCX Touch Sensor

This project was realized with the help from:

Casper Sørensen

Built a truck and a forklift.

Frederik Højlund

Helped with developing the complicated algorithm for the forklift movement i relation to the position of the joystick.

Ida Vinnars

Built a joystick along with parts of the forklifts.

Lars W. Arentsen

Helped with building the wood construction for the stand.

Lone Møller

Helped as a seamstress and sew the curtains for the exhibition. And were generally good to help making dinner in the pressured moments.

Magnus Sørensen

Built all the pallets.

Martin Høj Sørensen

Helped with developing the complicated algorithm for the forklift movement i relation to the position of the joystick.

Mikkel Helbo

Built a truck and a forklift.

Susanne Mogensen

Built the pallet rack together with Troels.

Troels Kjær

Helped with building the wood construction for the stand and built the pallet rack together with Susanne.