LEGO Robot Solves Rubik's Cube All By Itself

Alex

Hans Andersson bought a LEGO Mindstorms kit for his daughters, but got caught up in making this spectacular robot himself. Meet Tilted Twister, a LEGO robot that does what most of us can't do: solve a Rubik's cube all by itself!

Just place the scrambled cube on Tilted Twister's turntable. An ultrasonic sensor detects its presence and starts to read the colors of the cube faces using a light sensor. The robot turns and tilts the cube in order to read all the faces. It then calculates a solution and executes the moves by turning, tilting and twisting the cube.

Link - Thanks Zecc!


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Dont want to burst any bubbles,
but this has allready been done many times, many years ago..
(sorry can't be arsed to find any links)

And the code for solving rubics cubes has been around (and open source) even longer.. (and is surprizingly simple)

just google for
"rubik's solver" (with "lego" or "code")

pretty elegant bot this guy build tho'.. =]
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That is so cool!
When are they going to open the 'experience' up to the paying public..?
I'd pay to have a play - of course, I'd happily head to Mars on a one way ticket as well, but that's just me...
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Never underestimate the power of the human mind to rationalize even the most stupid and useless activities.

//personally, I think of my Neatorama sessions as research into abnormal psychology.
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Here's where they got the ideal for those "Mars Space Helmets":

1969 Ideal Company Space Helmet
http://home.att.net/~g.ruboyianes/helmet.html

I remembered instantly seeing them before - and I think several REALLY cheap sci-fi movies used them too....
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Glad to be of service, Vonskippy! And Denita: Bwahahaha!

Creamer is thinking that when he gets back, he'll have a little chat with the travel agent that booked this "vacation."
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