Android Megaminxer - How to solve Megaminx with your phone

[Kevansevans]

Can you do this without the camera moving so much?

[IAssemble]

@Kevansevans there is another video of Megaminxer on my channel that you might like: watch?v=Ji7rF7KdmqE

[iseldoff]

Humina humina humina WHAAAA?!?!?

[alkeskog]

That.. was .. AWSOME!

[michael1234252]

wow now try the pyraminx or the dyan octahedron

[scottttt24]

made me lol when the android dude started ravin

[epit0me]

that's pretty neat

[artman40]

I bet next the robots can also solve irregular puzzles.

[biggerben2010]

@paxos2k android is smarter than you and your crap phone.

[dukeballer11]

Oh, android. What CAN'T you do?

[subwoffer]

name of the first soundtrack pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eee

[q8mosfet]

Is this real?

[IAssemble]

@q8mosfet mybe some of my earlier comments will help you decide if this is real ;-)

[paxos2k]

What about that stupod dancing android robots, come on... any smartphone can do this! not just android crap

[explodingtoast]

8 minutes? I just tried, took me 9. NOT A FAIR CONTEST. IT ISN'T DRUNK.

[Doobwaa]

That was fucking awesome! Android owns apple every time!

[Maxxmentum]

This was very cool, I need to invest in a mindstorm. How long did it take to program?

[IAssemble]

@Maxxmentum you should get a set if you can - it's great fun creating things like this :-)

Many people have asked how long it took to program. If you've seen all my videos you'll realise I've been creating these robotic puzzle solvers for just over 3 years in my spare time. If you read my blogs (link in description) you'll see that a lot of the code has been adapted and re-used from one design to the next so I can't really give a figure for how much time I've spent programming the Megaminxer.

[bastiagueiro]

OMFG!

[drakexr]

Skynet = Android

[otumanienie]

At first it solves megaminx, then it kills John Connor...

I know where this is going;O

[weinerschnitzelboy]

It's not YMCA Androids. It's ARM androids!

[robocopvn]

Android for the win !

[trunganhvu]

Man! is this for real?? incredible!!

[IAssemble]

@trunganhvu there's a different video of the same robot on my channel that may help you decide if this is real... XD

[YEAHBUCKET]

psshhh it just peels off the stickers :P

Just kidding. Cool machine! I just don't think I'd be able to give up solving megaminx... it's so fun!

[onoix]

hahaha love the way android dance !

[wadendrill]

Absolutely great, I want to build the machine too:-)

[OpticalFascism]

Pff... the solving time depends on how well that thing was shuffled by a person.

[IAssemble]

@OpticalFascism actually the solving time doesn't vary very much as long as the Megaminx is reasonably well shuffled!

The Android app controlling Megaminxer consistently finds a solution of between about 110 and 130 moves so there is not much variation.

There is probably more variation owing to the battery level as the motors run slightly faster when well charged :-)

[ImaginaryNumb3r]

so this is the way how Google trains its Terminator army?

[eukaryoticcell]

OMG o_O

[kingludwig245]

Wheres the village droid cowboy!!!

[kingludwig245]

Wheres the village droid cowboy!!!

[TURRlCAN]

too many moviecuts in here! I do not belive!

[IAssemble]

@TURRlCAN try the alternative video of the same Megaminxer robot on my channel with no video cuts! ;-)

[BrotherBloat]

awesome!!! :D

[bgg222]

CubeStormer did a regular Rubik in about 10 seconds, so "lego" is not the bottleneck here, it's the specific design which may need some tuning to get up to speed - and beat - the human hand. Don't get me wrong. Impressive effort.

[DAERMON]

Yo lo hago con la puntalapolla...

[Geoshi]

Fuck yeah Mindstorm!

[bgg222]

It took over 8 minutes to solve? People have done this thing in less than 1 minute, according to Megaminx.

Also, while Megaminx looks more complicated than 3x3x3 original Rubik, it really isn't. Or not by much at least.

[XGazudin]

@bgg222

dont forget we're talking about lego here. dont expect it to be able to move as fast as trained human hands.

[Acid1025]

iWhut?

[OnlineMarketing20]

Cool Application of Android OS. But I think this application need much more development to progress further. Thanks.

[Om4R1n0]

The epiciest epic thing on the whole epicnesses :O

[andymonchaos]

Wow... Speechless... woooow.

[SimX9000]

now that's tight as hell - sweet vid

[xeonsamarescu]

Caution:wet paint

[Jaysmellsbad]

Awww! All of Android's outfits!

[MrTroyNT]

Why is the battery indicator going crazy?

[IAssemble]

@MrTroyNT good question about the battery indicator... I guess it is because the green colour of the indicator is close to the colour of the green screen that was used to chroma-key the background so what you see is part the background image showing where the green bar should be

[rune1122]

Can an iPhone do the same thing? Or is that too stupid of a technology to even mention? lol ;p

[TheBappul]

i was totally distracted by the dancing androids.

[TheNomadicNeb]

DROID DOES



[zackphy]

that was freakin incredible!!!!!

[jimjim0228]

the dancing android is so cool!

[MrYuzhai]

that is so fucking awesome!

[gogledoessuck]

The background is distracting and lends an air of fakery to this.

[Jokaio]

@gogledoessuck he uses greenscreen

[HmongYou2Tube]

I hugged my Android phone after this. : )

[r1crawford]

@HmongYou2Tube

That's so sad.

[medtik]

2 people use iPhone

[BeastOfSoda]

that's awesome. how did you get the android and the NXT to communicate, custom library? or did you use java throughout?

[cowcrusher]

Nvm, I just looked it up, lol. So basically any phone with an ok processor could do this, sweet let me just write an algorithm for my iphone and build one of these things. Impress the fellow nerds.

[cowcrusher]

How does it interface with the phone? Does the mindstorms have bluetooth capability nowadays?

[doomstang09]

wow that's impressive

[mattrb1086]

This video is awesome.

[oxicodon2]

what Migaminxer? I see only dancing robots yay !!

[UnitedTrance]

name on first track

[surgeyX]

Would have been better to see it accomplished with one continuous shot instead of the closeups and angle \ pans...the dancing androids are cool but they are kind of distracting as well.

[IAssemble]

@surgeyX thanks for your comment about a single continuous shot. We were aiming for both an informative and entertaining video here... :-)

However, you may like to know that I hope to upload a video of Megaminxer to my personal channel in the near future in the same style as some of my other videos.

[thecraigmcrae]

that's quite amazing. great job

[uncut02]

Very impressive, nice work!

[ichbinnichtgott]

Very impressive...

[TheDarkIn1978]

dancing Android is so deliciously camp. <3 <3 <3

[TheRealSiR]

That's a really smart phone

[elvengames]

I want that mobile too :D

[yuzz101]

im a Proud HTC desire owner

[pjlehtim]

+ 10 points for the dancing Androids. Love them :)

This seriously rocks. One of the most geeky things I've ever seen but also the coolest. That makes me a geek.. I think.

[sizedude]

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[ajdarr0307]

Wow. Could you please go cure cancer or something with all of that genius!

(Seriously, giving you props here; this is impressive)!

[TheEgek]

Genious! I mean the dancing Androids of course ;-)

[zutexten]

its a fake, dudes

[IAssemble]

@zutexten what makes you say it's fake?

[zutexten]

@IAssemble i think it isnt possible... and you can fake it with the handling of your cam.

in any position of the camera cant see that it works

[IAssemble]

@zutexten thanks for your comment.

You might be able to see the mechanism a little more clearly in another video of the same Megaminxer robot on my channel. Watch in particular the close-up shots before the title page and the scan where all faces of the puzzle are directed towards the camera.

[zutexten]

@IAssemble you´re welcome ;) i´ll watch it.

[zutexten]

@IAssemble and i dont think, that the Megaminx can be in any position.. perhaps it is possible with one different position of the Megaminx but complex functions arent

[iambubbathedog]

not that impressive...I don't see what's so different from the Rubik's cube one

[crasherball]

@iambubbathedog lol

[StreifiKarl]

Name of the first song?! please

[AuFcoKxXx]

omg. I think that was a lot of work lol

[IAssemble]

@AuFcoKxXx yes, it took quite a while but it was great fun! :-)

[artman40]

Now I'm impressed! that's the oldest robotic Megaminx solver?

[IAssemble]

@artman40 thanks, I'm glad you like it! I believe it's the only one so yes, it's the oldest robotic Megaminx solver ;-)

[PippoKiller]

Awesome! What method does it use? Also, how many moves did it need? That's fantastic really! (Exept that sort of dancing aliens, I hate them! :D)

[IAssemble]

@PippoKiller Thanks. It uses a table driven algorithm that was adapted from some of the earlier 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube solvers. I think this solve was 112 moves but it averages around 120. (I love the dancing androids! :D)

[yeehaw789]

@IAssemble wait your not even the guy who uploaded it

[IAssemble]

@yeehaw789 thanks for your observation, I can obviously see why you said I'm not the uploader.

However, if you follow the link in the description to the MultiCuber 777 video and read it's description you'll see that who I am. I hope this helps clarifies things ;-)

[yeehaw789]

@IAssemble ah right, that clears things up

[shaurz]

Hehehe YMCA droids ;-)

[jhtrico1850]

tight

[CKY5363]

WOW!

it really is possible!! :D nothing but awesomeness