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− | | Made by 3 students at the University of Illinois. Newspaper articles: [https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-apr-14-1982-p-74/ 1], [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19820413.2.54 2], [https://newspaperarchive.com/yuma-sun-apr-13-1982-p-15/ 3]. | + | | Made by 3 students at the University of Illinois. (Newspaper articles: [https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-apr-14-1982-p-74/ 1], [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19820413.2.54 2], [https://newspaperarchive.com/yuma-sun-apr-13-1982-p-15/ 3].) Ideal ''Rubik's Cube Newsletter'' [http://members.ziggo.nl/tdennenb/Download/Rubik%27s%20Cube%20News%20Letter%20Vol%201%20No2.pdf Vol. 1 No. 2 (Aug 1982)]. |
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| Made by a team of ~20 people at Battelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratories. ([https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/830341/ 1983 Paper]). Cf. [https://m.csmonitor.com/1983/0107/010735.html this Newspaper article]. Solved "any scrambled Rubik's Cube in less than four minutes": [https://www.google.com/search?q=battelle+1982+guardian+rubik+minutes+-blade]. | | Made by a team of ~20 people at Battelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratories. ([https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/830341/ 1983 Paper]). Cf. [https://m.csmonitor.com/1983/0107/010735.html this Newspaper article]. Solved "any scrambled Rubik's Cube in less than four minutes": [https://www.google.com/search?q=battelle+1982+guardian+rubik+minutes+-blade]. |
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Constructing a robot capable of solving a Rubik's cube "on its own" has been a popular challenge for engineers, with many different designs over the years.
Cube solving robots
"Full solve time" is the average solving time including inspection.
Name | Creator | Year | Puzzle(s) | Method | Full solve time | Mechanism | Videos | Notes |
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Robbie Rubik | Daniel Talken, Douglas Rhode, Robert Sum | 1982 | 3x3x3 | ? | ~12 minutes | No cameras. Scrambled cube state is typed into a computer. Cube is repeatedly flipped and the top layer turned with stepping solenoids. | - | Made by 3 students at the University of Illinois. (Newspaper articles: 1, 2, 3.) Ideal Rubik's Cube Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 2 (Aug 1982). |
Cubot | Robert Dyer et al. | 1982 | 3x3x3 | ? | ~4 minutes | Uses cameras (a "color vision system"). Two orthogonal manipulators grip the cube edges. | - | Made by a team of ~20 people at Battelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratories. (1983 Paper). Cf. this Newspaper article. Solved "any scrambled Rubik's Cube in less than four minutes": [1]. |
Deep Cube | Evan Gates | 2004 | 3x3x3 | Kociemba | ~10 seconds | 6 arms (6DOF) | YouTube video | Story by Evan Gates
No working cameras, kept internal state. |
LEGO RUBIK UTOPIA | Daniele Benedettelli | 2007 | 3x3x3 | Kociemba | ~50 seconds | LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot (3 DOF), solution found on a laptop connected via USB | YouTube Video | Danny's website First LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot to solve a Rubik's cube |
CubeStormer | Mike Dobson | 2010 | 3x3x3 | Kociemba | ? | LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX, Four orthogonal turning arms (8 DOF) | YouTube Video | |
Rowan University Cube Solving Machine (?) | Zach Grady and Joe Ridgeway (at Rowan University) | 2010 | 3x3x3 | ? | ~15 seconds | PLC and aluminum parts, cube turning on a corner base and an extending "stepper" (3 DOF) | Thread Demonstration Interview | |
ARM Powered LEGO/Nokia 4x4x4 Rubik's Cube Solver | David Gilday (ARM Principal Engineer) | 2009 | 4x4x4 | creator's own table driven algorithm | 19min for 4x4x4 | Symbian phone (with Java app) controlling LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT y-turntable, hinged hold/lift and x-spin (3 DOF) | Video of 4x4x4 solve | |
ARM Speedcuber | David Gilday (ARM Principal Engineer) | 2010 | 3x3x3 | creator's own 2-phase algorithm | 15s ("for a good solve") | Android phone (native app in C++), LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, Four arms (6 DOF) | Video of Demonstration at ARM Techcon 2010 | ARM Powered LEGO/Nokia 4x4x4 Rubik's Cube Solver |
ARM Powered Android LEGO MultiCuber 777 | David Gilday (ARM Principal Engineer) | 2010 | 7x7x7 | creator's own generic table driven algorithm capable of solving any cube size | 40min for a 7x7x7 | Android phone (Java app), LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, Vertical arm with x pivot and y-rotating cage. (3 DOF) | Video of a 7x7x7 Solve | Blog Post by David |
ARM Powered Android Megaminxer | David Gilday (ARM Principal Engineer) | 2010 | Megaminx | creator's own table driven algorithm | 8 min | Android phone (Java app), LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, Vertical arm with x pivot, y-spin and y-rotating cage. (3 DOF) | Video of Megaminx solve | Blog Post by David |
RuBot | Pete Redmond (from Dublin, Ireland) | 2006 | 3x3x3 | Two perpendicular arms (4 DOF) | RuBot Prototype RuBot II Demonstration | |||
Robot Ruby | David Bain, Richard Bain, Daniel Purvis, Jarrod Boyes, Miriam Parkinson and Jonathan Goldwasser (Swinburne University of Technology) | 2011 | 3x3x3 | Kociemba | ~10s (including inspection) | Two perpendicular arms (4 DOF) | Article on the Swinburne Website | |
CubeStormer II | Mike Dobson and David Gilday | 2011 | 3x3x3 | David Gilday's two-phase algorithm | (unofficial) best 4.762s, average ~5.9s (200 solves) | LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and Samsung GALAXY S II smartphone. Four orthogonal turning arms (8 DOF) | CubeStormer II (YouTube video) CubeStormer II - Seeing is Believing (YouTube video) This is AMAZING! The CubeStormer ll breaks world record at ARM TechCon 2011 (YouTube video) | CubeStormer II - David Gilday & Mike Dobson - ARM TechCon 2011 (YouTube video) Solving the Rubik's Cube - ARM TechCon 2011 - David Gilday talks with Tomas Rokicki (YouTube video)
Guinness World Record: 5.270s set on 11th Nov 2011 at Wired.co.uk (Article and video) |
MindCuber | David Gilday | 2011 | 3x3x3 and Void Cube | 9 stage table driven | 1m55s (2m30s with published software) | constructed from just a single LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 kit. One pull/push tilt arm and turntable (2?DOF) | MindCuber (YouTube video) ARM Powered® MindCuber solves Void Cube (YouTube video) | MindCuber bonus model instructions and software on LEGO MINDSTORMS site MindCuber home page |
MicroCuber | David Gilday | 2012 | Microbic (12mm 3x3x3) | 5 stage table driven | 7 mins | Sony Xperia Mini smartphone, Android App. and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT mechanics. Push/push, hold and turntable (3 DOF?) | MicroCuber (YouTube video) | |
? | Jay Flatland and Paul Rose | 2016 | 3x3x3 (with custom drilled center holes) | Kociemba | 1.0xx seconds | World's Fastest Rubik's Cube Solving Robot (Jay Flatland) | ||
? | Infineon | 2016 | 3x3x3 | Kociemba | 0.637 seconds | 6 arms, created to show off an Infineon AURIX™ that powers it | 0.637 seconds - a new Rubik's Cube machine world record! | |
? | Human Controller | 2017 | 3x3x3 | CFOP | - | Self-solving (motors embedded in the sides) | Rubik's Cube Robot - self solving | |
? | Ben Katz and Jared Di Carlo | 2018 | 3x3x3 | Kociemba (min2phase) | 0.38 seconds | Blog posts: Ben and Jared | 0.38 Second Rubik's Cube Solve | |
? | xdpcz | 2018 | 4x4x4 | Reduction | 35.67 seconds | Speedsolving.com Post | 目前世界最快的四阶解魔方机器 |