Sunday 24 January 2016
As if it isn’t crazy enough that a 14-year old set the world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in under five seconds last November, a couple of software engineers have now built a robot that can crack it in just over one second. Comprised of a number of stepper motors, 3D-printed parts, webcams and an Arduino chip all connected to a Linux system, Jay Flatland and Paul Rose’s robot can consistenly solve Rubik’s Cube puzzles in less than 1.2 seconds. The duo use the Kociemba algorithm to solve the puzzle, and have drilled holes into the middle of each…
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