Some people are able to solve a Rubik’s Cube very quickly, there are even lots of robots that can solve them much faster than people can. Well this new system is crazy fast. Less then a half second to solve the cube. The motors need to be very strong and fast to push the system to this speed. This means that the moves have to be exacting or else it is sure destruction of the cube. They have some dramatic examples of that in the videos below!
“The contraption is built from:
- 6 Kollmorgen ServoDisc U9-series motors. 2 were taken from my old robot arm project, the rest were found pretty cheaply on ebay. Each motor has a US Digital optical encoder on the back, also purchased for a bargain on ebay.
- 6 custom motor drivers.
- 2 PlayStation Eye cameras
- 1 Rubik’s Cube. One of the cheapest available“