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We have featured many Rubik’s Cube machines capable of solving the puzzle in super fast times. But now one Japanese creator has documented his path to creating the world’s very first self-solving ...

A problem-solving course to be run by a visiting American professor in Victoria University’s Summer Trimester could be just the ticket for those who have always been frustrated by that 1980s icon, the ...

Did the Rubik’s Cube, one of the world’s most deceptively simple puzzle games, need to be turned into a handheld gaming device? I initially thought Super Impulse’s new Rubik’s Tilt game was a gadget ...

It was fair and square. A specially designed Mistubuishi robot in Japan set a remarkable Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in a split second. The champion TOKUI Fast Accurate ...

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A team of Purdue University undergrads has shattered the Guinness World Record for the fastest robot to solve a puzzle cube. Their creation, Purdubik's Cube, achieved a mind-blowing time of 0.103 ...

If someone can solve a Rubik’s Cube, you might safely assume they are both nimble-fingered and good at puzzles. That may not be true for a cube-conquering robot. In a press release, OpenAI claimed ...