Software engineers Jay Flatland and Paul Rose have created a robot that can solve the Rubik’s Cube in seconds. The robot’s personal record is 1.019 seconds.
The robot accomplishes this feat using four USB webcams, six stepper motors with their own drivers, and a 3D printed frame. The Rubik’s Cube has a slight modification -- there are holes drilled to let stepper motors hold on to it.
How does it work? The machine uses a software, which runs off a Linux machine, to input data into an algorithm that solves the puzzle. The algorithm sends instructions on a set of moves to the strepper motors, which then execute the action.
Excluding robots, the current human record is held by 14-year-old Luca Etter from Kentucky. The teen solved a Rubik’s Cube in 4.9 seconds. The existing Guinness World Record for a robot is 2.39 seconds, which Flatland and Rose plan to dethrone. The current record was set last February by student Zackary Gromko.
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