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Lego Robot Solves Any Rubik's Cube In 12 Seconds

Posted by timothy on from the yes-yes-it's-not-the-world-record dept.

kkleiner writes "Cube Stormer is the latest creation from Mike Dobson, aka Robotics Solutions, and not only is it made entirely out of Legos, it can solve any 3x3 Rubik's cube in less than twelve seconds. Often it can finish in less than five! This thing looks bad-ass and is incredible to watch."

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  1. Stickers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And heres me expecting to see a robot that can quickly rearrange the stickers.

    1. Re:Stickers by djh2400 · · Score: 3, Funny

      As I scroll through looking for "Funny", I see jokes from 9 years ago repeated.

  2. Cool by Chris+Lawrence · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cool, just make sure it doesn't mistake your head for a Rubik's Cube. :)

  3. I for one will be slack jawed at the awesomeness by myocardialinfarction · · Score: 4, Funny

    of our new Lego robot masters.

  4. Cheating! by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Funny

    That thing got four arms. Come on, that is cheating.

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  5. I solved a Rubiks cube in 12 seconds once by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All I needed was 6 different paint brushes dipped in 6 different colours.

  6. Re:Obligatory by PrescriptionWarning · · Score: 3, Funny

    Legos my egos. Leggo my eggo. Let go of my eggo waffle. Biznatch.

  7. Re:How they are doing it? by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    You put it in and it snaps shots of the 6 sides of the cube. Those are interpreted by the computer which probably uses a standard solving algorithm. The solution is translated into movements for the robot, and off it goes.

          I'm stunned. And here I was thinking it worked by magic. Is that REALLY how it's done?

          Sorry, I'm just feeling rather cynical today. Pffft.

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  8. Re:Obligatory by H0p313ss · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the rest of us, they're simply called LEGOS.

    The world is divided into two groups, those that call them Legos and those that make fun of the first group.

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  9. Re:That's fast by c6gunner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you sure? Just about every Asian I know can do it that quickly, and they make up about 30% of the world's population.

    That's because in China they use The People's Cube

  10. Re:How they are doing it? by Garble+Snarky · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am one of those people who can solve a brand-new, just-opened Rubik's cube blindfolded. Let me tell you, it's not all that difficult.

  11. The Lego-Coolness equation by brendan.hill · · Score: 4, Funny

    Um

    It's made of LEGO dude.

    Being made of Lego raises the coolness of an object to it's own power. So if a machine solving a Rubik's Cube had a coolness factor of say, 100, then a machine solving a Rubik's Cube MADE OF LEGO would be 100 ^ 100, or:

    100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

    I mean I don't even care if it's fake... it's still epickly cool.

  12. Re:I for one will be slack jawed at the awesomenes by myocardialinfarction · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pervert.