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A team of four students at Purdue University has built a robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube in about one-tenth of a second The robot, which the team has dubbed the “Purdubik’s Cube,” solves the ...

A robot in Japan has set a new world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in the fastest time. Guinness World Records recognised a time of 0.305 seconds for the Mitsubishi Electric machine, breaking the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A robot built at MIT has reportedly set a world speed record for solving a Rubik's Cube, cutting ...

At LEGO World 2014 in Copenhagen, the third edition of the CubeStormer robot was unveiled, solving the Rubik’s Cube at a lightning pace. To run smoothly, the robot uses a Samsung Galaxy S3 and eight ...

It’s not going to set any world records, but this robotic Rubik’s Cube that’s filled with electronics and tiny electric motors is actually more impressive than watching someone race through the puzzle ...

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence development company co-founded by Elon Musk, just released software that lets an AI-powered robot hand that solve a Rubik's cube by itself. After years of ...

Anthony Brooks, an expert Rubik's Cube solver, competes against a Rubik's Cube-solving robot featured in "Beyond Rubik's Cube," a new exhibition at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. Photo: ...

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When future generations look back on 2018 what will they remember? Not much, I suspect, except for this amazing robot that can solve a Rubik’s cube in .38 seconds. The video, above, shows the cube in ...

There’s always been something so annoying about people who found the need to stack additional challenges onto solving a Rubik’s Cube quickly, whether it was doing it blindfolded or while juggling or ...

This robotic Rubik’s Cube is the product of a Japanese creator who’s documented many of his creative projects on his YouTube channel, Human Controller. Yes, it has a custom 3D-printed core attached to ...