Researchers from ETH Zurich’s Robotic Systems Lab have shown that a standard four-legged inspection robot can fully solve a giant Rubik’s Cube on its own, relying entirely on its feet for every contact with the puzzle. The machine, an ANYmal-D, first walks around the freestanding cube and tips it onto different faces so its onboard […]
A 6-year-old Chinese girl has set a new women’s world record for solving a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube in just over 4 seconds, state media reported Tuesday. Young speedcuber Lian Yunzhi broke the women’s 3×3 average world record twice in three days at two World Cube Association certified competitions in Wuhan and Guangzhou, according to state […]
You already know how a cube is supposed to behave. Toss one onto a table and it tumbles, bounces, and settles on a face. That expectation is the reason this build exists. A maker who posts as The Tinkering Techie spent a few weeks packing motors, a reaction wheel, and a spring piston into a […]