LEGO MultiCuber robot solves a cube... how big?!?!

[IAssemble]

LEGO MultiCuber 999 made its first appearence at LEGO World in Copenhagen this week solving a 9x9x9 cube.

Enjoy!

 

[XTowncuber]

Cool! Is there any particular reason that you switched to an EV3?

 

[Jaysammey777]

I like how right next to it there was one solving a 3x3

 

[IAssemble]

Cool! Is there any particular reason that you switched to an EV3?

Many factors contributed to the choice of EV3 rather than NXT.

Perhaps the most obvious is that I wanted the robot to be able to solve the cube reasonably quickly. MultiCuber 999 can solve the 9x9x9 in about 33 minutes which is faster than its predecessor MultiCuber 777 could solve the V-CUBE 7. This required more motors to perform more turns with the heavier, slightly stiffer cube significantly faster than before. Since the EV3 has four motor ports compare with three on the NXT, two bricks support the eight motors that are used to achieve this speed.

Another is that I used this robot to prototype and debug some of the communication and motor control code for use in CubeStormer 3 (that can be seen in the background of the video).

(Maybe I should post a link to the CubeStormer 3 "trailer" video too?!? )

I like how right next to it there was one solving a 3x3

Actually there were two - MindCub3r and CubeStormer 3

 

[Stefan]

CubeStormer 3

Oh god. Have mercy.

 

[IAssemble]

Oh god. Have mercy.

Mike and I are still optimizing the software and mechanics for reliability and speed but here is a sneak preview...

 

[Jaysammey777]

woah, that's amazing. can't wait to see it fully in action.

 

[IAssemble]

Guinness World Record for Largest Rubik's Cube Solved by a Robot

Many thanks to Joey Gouly for acting as official scrambler at the event.

Enjoy!