Answers.Body: <p>Here are a few examples of LEGO being used for practical and useful purposes I remember seeing. I'm sure there are many others:</p>
  
  <p>Some LEGO liquid-handling robots and experiments for STEM education and research: <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2001413" rel="noreferrer">https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2001413</a></p>
  
  <p>Here, MIT is using LEGO for micro-fluids: <a href="http://news.mit.edu/2018/microfluidics-lego-bricks-0131" rel="noreferrer">http://news.mit.edu/2018/microfluidics-lego-bricks-0131</a></p>
  
  <p>There are several examples of LEGO used for prostatic research and development, like this one: <a href="https://www.wired.com/2015/07/lego-makes-everything-bettereven-prosthetic-kids/" rel="noreferrer">https://www.wired.com/2015/07/lego-makes-everything-bettereven-prosthetic-kids/</a></p>
  
  <p>And here is a LEGO Braille printer developed by a student: <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/20/braille-lego-printer/22055135/" rel="noreferrer">https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/20/braille-lego-printer/22055135/</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Probably not exactly what you were looking for - but Lego did help make Google get off a good start</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://royal.pingdom.com/original-google-setup-at-stanford-university/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://royal.pingdom.com/original-google-setup-at-stanford-university/</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-4-Google.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-4-Google.htm</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>With LEGO Technic and LEGO Mindstorms becoming ever more sophisticated, I wonder if it has ever been used in a real commercial setting to automate parts of an assembly line or manufacturing / research process.</p>
  
  <p>There are several fun / nonsense assembly line videos on YouTube like a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSHjElLNBVU" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LEGO Car Production</a>, a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeayIBnLN0E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Paper Plane Machine</a>, and of course the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvJg3YoehYk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Great Ball Contraption</a>. So it would definitely be up to the task, but has it ever be done?</p>
  
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ThreadText: # Has LEGO ever been used in an assembly line or a manufacturing process?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-28)
  
  With LEGO Technic and LEGO Mindstorms becoming ever more sophisticated, I wonder if it has ever been used in a real commercial setting to automate parts of an assembly line or manufacturing / research process.
  
  There are several fun / nonsense assembly line videos on YouTube like a [LEGO Car Production](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSHjElLNBVU), a [Paper Plane Machine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeayIBnLN0E), and of course the [Great Ball Contraption](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvJg3YoehYk). So it would definitely be up to the task, but has it ever be done?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-28. Score: 5
  
  Here are a few examples of LEGO being used for practical and useful purposes I remember seeing. I'm sure there are many others:
  
  Some LEGO liquid-handling robots and experiments for STEM education and research: <https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2001413>
  
  Here, MIT is using LEGO for micro-fluids: <http://news.mit.edu/2018/microfluidics-lego-bricks-0131>
  
  There are several examples of LEGO used for prostatic research and development, like this one: <https://www.wired.com/2015/07/lego-makes-everything-bettereven-prosthetic-kids/>
  
  And here is a LEGO Braille printer developed by a student: <https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/20/braille-lego-printer/22055135/>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-04-29. Score: 1
  
  Probably not exactly what you were looking for - but Lego did help make Google get off a good start
  
  <https://royal.pingdom.com/original-google-setup-at-stanford-university/>
  
  <http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-4-Google.htm>
  
  
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