Quantego

Quantego is a Lego model of the IBM Quantum System One quantum computer

It has been mentioned first on LinkedIn in December 2021 and again in April 2022.

This GitHub repo features a slightly simplified version made of 20 bricks:

Instructions

The instructions and the animation have been created with the stud.io lego digital design software. Part numbers (3001, 4201, etc) are as on bricklink. Colors are black for the 2x4 and 8x8 bricks, “trans-clear” for the panels (i.e. glass windows), and white for the other three types of bricks.

List of the parts:

Animation:

Modifications

Optional modifications might be replacing some of the 2x4 bricks (step 3) with 2x2 bricks to improve stability of the rack, or replacing the 8x8 bricks (step 2 and step 5) with 2x4 bricks which might be easier and cheaper to buy. In that case, 2x4 tiles can be added to improve stability of the top and base.

In case you modify the model - or build your own quantum computer model - please let us know by creating an issue or pull request.

Kits

A small internet shop offered to provide complete kits of the original Quantego model, consisting of 49 bricks. It is now available at Quantego.biz. Build instructions for these kits are slightly different and can be found at: build instructions for kits from Quantego.biz

RasQberry

In case you would like to build a functional model of the IBM Quantum System One quantum computer, based on 3D printing, a Raspberry Pi mini computer and Qiskit (IBM’s open source quantummm computing software framework), have a look at rasqberry.org.

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This GitHub project is not affiliated in any way with Lego nor bricklink. LEGO and BrickLink are trademarks of the LEGO Group.