My cube-manipulating robot

[DarioRubik]

Built this for a school project. It doesn't really "solve" the cube ,and it's not completely stable (hence, I had to hold it constantly), but it works.

 

[imvelox]

Wow really cool, well done

 

[stoic]

Great job. Cubestormer better watch out!

 

[Kit Clement]

This is really cool! It really makes you appreciate the accomplishments of the cubestormer robots too -- lots of thought goes into the measurements and materials used.

 

[sk8erman41]

Very nice! It would be awesome if this could be slightly improved for stability and speed, mass produced, and used for scrambling. Would alleviate some of the scrambling issues at comps.

 

[DarioRubik]

Thanks everyone! this shows how well the effort pays .

Very nice! It would be awesome if this could be slightly improved for stability and speed, mass produced, and used for scrambling. Would alleviate some of the scrambling issues at comps.

I actually thought of this, yeah. It would be so great! If mass produced, it would be really cheap, and would save time, human errors and (possibly) cheating.

 

[Reinier Schippers]

For the bigger cubes these robots could make a difference in scrambling. However, at 3x3 normally, a fast scrambler can achieve sub 10 with getting the cube scrambling it and putting it in the box. The robot cant keep up with that Still great design!

 

[Stewy]

For the bigger cubes these robots could make a difference in scrambling. However, at 3x3 normally, a fast scrambler can achieve sub 10 with getting the cube scrambling it and putting it in the box. The robot cant keep up with that Still great design!

most sub10 solvers can scramble in about 5-7 seconds, if a robot could perform a 20-25 move scramble at 10 tps that's already 2-2.5 seconds, much faster than any fast human scrambler

 

[kcl]

most sub10 solvers can scramble in about 5-7 seconds, if a robot could perform a 20-25 move scramble at 10 tps that's already 2-2.5 seconds, much faster than any fast human scrambler

I scramble sub 5 with nearly perfect accuracy, I feel like actually putting the cube in a robot and then removing it to put with the card/box is just not worth it.

 

[unsolved]

Built this for a school project. It doesn't really "solve" the cube ,and it's not completely stable (hence, I had to hold it constantly), but it works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e59wUjRZVGg&list=UUt4pLnMc1-SeXkvuubmgu3w

Nice!

So what motors did you use? And did you program the ROM with like PicBASIC?

 

[atouchofgeek]

Nice work! I like the idea of using it for scrambles - even though Kennan makes a great point of how fast it can be humanly done, I like allowing someone who is not fast run these through a scramble robot...ok I just think it would look cool.

 

[JasonDL13]

Good job

 

[DarioRubik]

Nice!

So what motors did you use? And did you program the ROM with like PicBASIC?

Standard hobby servos (towerpro sg90 for claws, and futaba s3003 for arms. I programmed it with a very simple software tool called TOROBOT. It shows every servo as a slider and you can manually control them and create programs. I plan on switching to arduino for more complex development of the project.

 

[Shah]

Nice work! BTW, Did you design all those mechanical parts?

 

[DarioRubik]

Nice work! BTW, Did you design all those mechanical parts?

I looked at several designs, and saw one pretty much like this. Then I designed and thought out all the measurements using sketchup and got the pieces cut with laser.

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

Dang

 

[Please Dont Ask]

Nice!!! Aolong did it take for making it???
And What do you mean by "It doesn't really "solve" the cube"??
You mean it just reverses the scramble

 

[mns112]

Nice!!! Aolong did it take for making it???
And What do you mean by "It doesn't really "solve" the cube"??
You mean it just reverses the scramble

I bump that

Also was that a 42 mm or 50 zhanchi?

 

[ketchuphater999]

is it a pre-programmed set of moves or can it understand notation?

Nice!!! Aolong did it take for making it???

lol... why... just why...

WHYLONGweilong

 

[DarioRubik]

Nice!!! Aolong did it take for making it???
And What do you mean by "It doesn't really "solve" the cube"??
You mean it just reverses the scramble

I started designing it about 7 moths ago. Yep, that's everything it does.

I bump that

Also was that a 42 mm or 50 zhanchi?

50mm

is it a pre-programmed set of moves or can it understand notation?

It's just pre-programmed randomly, but I've been thinking about writing a notation library so it can execute algs.