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World's Fastest Rubik's Cube Solving Robot

Posted June 01, 2011 11:41 AM

From Geeks are Sexy Technology News:

Created by students at the Swinburne University of Technology, this robot can solve a fully scrambled rubik's cube in about 10 seconds, which includes the time it takes to scan each face of the cube.

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06/01/2011 2:12 PM

I always wonder about this sort of thing...

What happens if I give it a solved rubik cube?

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06/01/2011 11:20 PM

Back when that first came out, Douglas Hofstadter's "Metamagical Themas" column in Scientific American magazine gave lots of group-theory tie-ins and hints, but without giving the whole game away. Before the "how to solve it" books came out, I came up with some basic routines that took about 3 minutes. One summer, the boat where we were freezing sockeye salmon had a Japanese freighter tied alongside. The Japanese crew had a Rubik's cube, but no luck yet in solving it. One of our fish loader guys tossed it up to me, and I tossed it back in about 3 minutes--to their amazement and consternation. I never became a speed demon with it, but this little incident was lots of fun. Thanks for the memory!

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