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Title: world record robot rubiks cube solver thingo
Post by: danny_galaga on June 02, 2011, 08:33:39 am: Swinburne's Record Breaking Rubik's Cube Robot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWtBTKpWVXk#ws)

Still not as fast as a huming bean, but looks cool none the less. I like this comment:

"Did the computer scramble it, the human solve it, and the tape get reversed?"
Title: Re: world record robot rubiks cube solver thingo
Post by: Donkey_Kong on June 03, 2011, 09:14:13 am: I gotta show my kid this. He can do it in under a minute but this is insane.
Title: Re: world record robot rubiks cube solver thingo
Post by: Malenko on June 03, 2011, 09:32:03 am: My record is like 3 minutes. But I lost a sticker or two doing it.
Title: Re: world record robot rubiks cube solver thingo
Post by: elkameleon on June 03, 2011, 10:47:33 am: Quote from: Malenko on June 03, 2011, 09:32:03 am
My record is like 3 minutes. But I lost a sticker or two doing it.
+1 :laugh2:
Title: Re: world record robot rubiks cube solver thingo
Post by: Vigo on June 03, 2011, 01:48:52 pm: Quote from: elkameleon on June 03, 2011, 10:47:33 am
Quote from: Malenko on June 03, 2011, 09:32:03 am
My record is like 3 minutes. But I lost a sticker or two doing it.
+1 :laugh2:

That has got me thinking, what would happen if you swapped a couple stickers on the cube to make it impossible to solve? >:D
Title: Re: world record robot rubiks cube solver thingo
Post by: Donkey_Kong on June 03, 2011, 01:49:56 pm: Quote from: elkameleon on June 03, 2011, 10:47:33 am
Quote from: Malenko on June 03, 2011, 09:32:03 am
My record is like 3 minutes. But I lost a sticker or two doing it.
+1 :laugh2:

Sharpies are your friend. lol
Title: Re: world record robot rubiks cube solver thingo
Post by: elkameleon on June 03, 2011, 01:51:42 pm: Quote
That has got me thinking, what would happen if you swapped a couple stickers on the cube to make it impossible to solve? >:D

That would be hilarious! It would probably just stop working sadly.
Title: Re: world record robot rubiks cube solver thingo
Post by: danny_galaga on June 04, 2011, 06:36:03 am: It scans the state of the cube before it starts. Then it can figure out a pattern. Thus it wouldn't even start trying to physically solve it if the cube has say 10 red faces. If there is no algorithm to count the number of colours I imagine it would just sit there trying to calculate the 'path' ad infinitum until it was turned off.