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Lego NXT Bot Beats Rubik's Cube Record

Posted by Unknown on from the robots-do-it-better dept.

kkleiner writes "The current official human record for the Rubik's cube 3×3×3 puzzle is just 5.66 seconds. Now a robot called CubeStormer II did it in just 5.35 seconds. CubeStormer II is controlled by four Lego NXT 'bricks' that communicate via Bluetooth with a Samsung Galaxy SII smart phone. A special app on the phone takes a picture of the cube, solves the puzzle virtually, and then relays the solution to the Lego robot. From click to finish the whole process takes just seconds."

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  1. Now this... by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is what you call a Hack

    Is anyone in the medi-uh listening?

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  2. I for one... by wisebabo · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... would like to congratulate our new Rubik's cube solving Lego overlords!

    (That's the first time I've ever had a chance to post that, does that mean this meme is dead dead dead?)

  3. It's not just that this Lego NXT bot can solve it. by otaku244 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... it's that it looks so damn cool doing it!!!
    It looks like some sort of contraption you'd find in a Sci-fi movie.

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