Arnold
DexterRubot meet Rubik’s
February 12th 2008 22:42
The Robotic Puzzle solver
Up close and personal with Rubot II
Strictly speaking this may not be a practical gadget…yet.
Even before Fritz Lang’s 1930’s science fiction film Metropolis, man has dreamed of building mechanical robots that specialise in manual labour and dangerous duties. From the Jetson’s Rosie to Roy Batty in Blade Runner mechanical slaves are being imagined and developed as new millennium pioneers discover what is possible.
The Military may one day be made up entirely of non sentient beings. Household chores could become a thing of the past. Mechanised constructors are already squeezing out human kind in tasks of basic construction and manufacturing.
On the surface the idea of Rubot II The Rubik’s Cube solving robot seems less practical or threatening. Reeking of geekdom, when you get a load of the robot’s terminating good looks (or is that sinister?) you realise this sort of thing could only come out of the mind of children of the 80’s.
Then you remember that one of the first robots ever built was designed for the sole purpose of playing chess. In that light this modern wonder uses colour recognition problem solving abilities and an impressively fluid manual dexterity.
Rubot II works it out.
According to the author of the enclosed youtube.com footage, the Inventor of this impressive contraption is Pete Redmond of Dublin, Ireland.
It seems the Rubot II scans the puzzle with cameras before calculating the solution and then making its sure handed moves to all sides matching. The practical applications and programming that could replace the Rubik’s command boggle the mind?
Part Cylon, part T-100, see the Rubot II in action with the creators daughter.
For further adventures check out the man versus machine Rubik's battle
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It looks downright terrifying to me and the "Shall we play a game" Wargames voice is more than a little unnerving too.
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"Dead or Alive your coming with me...to fix this box"