Posted on 01/25/2016 6:47:22 AM PST by BenLurkin
The video shows the robot solving the Rubik's Cube at times of 1.196 seconds, 1.152 seconds, 1.047 seconds and 1.019 seconds, as the machine displayed not just extreme speed in the task, but also consistency in keeping the solving time between 1 second and 1.2 seconds.
The machine is built using 3D-printed frames, stepper motors, and four USB web cameras that are connected to a PC. The cameras scan the Rubik's Cube to begin analyzing the puzzle through the Kociemba solving algorithm, and the solution is then carried out by the robot in lightning fast movements.
The Rubik's Cube being solved, however, is required to have four holes drilled into the middle of each side so that the robot will be able to hold onto it.
Having all four web cameras functional is also required for the robot to be able to solve the puzzle, which is why a piece of paper is used to cover the camera before the Rubik's Cube is scrambled manually for a solving attempt.
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i’d like to see the algorithm for that
Yeah, but what good is such robot if you can’t even have sex with it?
Puny humans!
Try Droiagra.
The world record for a human to solve the Rubik's Cube is 4.904 seconds, while the machine
record is 3.253 seconds. A robot, however, is looking to smash those times as it can solve the
puzzle in just over a second.
(Photo : Jay Flatland | YouTube)
It would be a piece of cake. The cube has a distinct pattern to solve it. The only difference is the size of the cube (how many individual squares). Memorize the patterns and solving is a piece of cake.
I like the solution where they use to sell sheets of color stickers to “solve” the cube. ;-)
I’m guessing they can’t move the middle post position with the pre-drilled holes on all 6 sides either. That probably helps to further simplify the loving process significantly by removing the number of moves it would take.
It would be a piece of cake.
And coordinating the computer programming with the robotic mechanisms that handle the Cube?
Not difficult for someone who knows what they're doing.
From the article:
The cameras scan the Rubik’s Cube to begin analyzing the puzzle through the Kociemba solving algorithm...
http://kociemba.org/download.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_solutions_for_Rubik%27s_Cube
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But you can, if you don’t mind it being over in 2.3 seconds.
When that thing becomes self-aware, we’re screwed...
My son can solve the 3 x 3 in 2 minutes and the 2 x 2 in 18 seconds.
Or as little Ziva would say, ‘a piece of pie’.
Just don’t get in between those robotic arms or you’ll be diddled to death.
Lol!... whoever “little Ziva” is.(?)
For the record, I didn’t say it would be a “piece of cake” to develop the program. DouglasKC did.
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