Think you’re good at solving a Rubiks cube?
Can you solve it in under 11 seconds?
A new robot can do just that.
Built as part of a project to earn a dual degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering and Robotics and Mechatronics, “Ruby” solved the puzzle in 10.69 seconds. And that’s including the time it took to scan the cube and determine how to correctly solve the puzzle.
“Ruby” was built by six students.
“Ruby works by scanning each face of a scrambled cube through a web cam. It then uses a software algorithm to develop a solution which is fed to the high-speed robot through a real-time embedded control system,” said Professor Chris Pilgrim, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. “The students’ combined expertise in robotics and software engineering enabled them to construct a robot with a fast computer vision-tracking system capable of very high precision movements and timings.”
The team comprised identical twin computer whiz kids David and Richard Bain, Daniel Purvis, Jarrod Boyes, Miriam Parkinson and Jonathan Goldwasser.
You can check out video of Ruby solving the cube HERE.
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