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Re:I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs by SlowRobotAhead on Thursday April 18, 2019 @01:05PM (#19692717)
>2. short vibration to randomly disperse 3. image capture top and bottom

So you're saying a machine and multiple cameras?

Re:I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs by metaphor on Thursday April 18, 2019 @02:17PM (#19693391)
2 fixed cameras, of 1 fixed motor-mounted...take your pick? Suggest one?

Wouldn't really consider a discrete vibrator afixed to a solid platter a "machine" per se, but if you want to call it that, sure. I gave the problem 10 sec of back-of-the-envelope thought. 10 sec more suggests you can skip vibrator integration by selecting a more rigid transparent substrate, e.g. glass...Skittles would naturally rattle on that as a package is loaded. 10 sec more suggests you can constrain camera movement even further by using carefully oriented mirrors. How far down the rabbit hole would you like to go?