ARM Powered Android LEGO MultiCuber 777

[Bizorke]

So THAT's how you solve one of those. I always thought you had to take the stickers off.

[NDawgHoyt]

I actually did that faster my first time solving a 7x7x7.

[DJBjoerne]

app name? :D

[IAssemble]

@DJBjoerne it is a custom app called "ARM MultiCuber" although it has not been published

[poxonfamily]

not exactly world's fastest but cool

[IAssemble]

@poxonfamily do you know of a faster robot that solves the 7x7x7 cube? :-)

[poxonfamily]

@IAssemble It is the fastest 7x7x7 cube solver I've ever seen; I was meaning it isn't the fastest solver of cubes in general (like the rubik cube and that 12-sided dodecahedron thing that someone's done a solver of). Cubestormer II (most amazing thing I've ever seen) was the fastest.

[IAssemble]

@poxonfamily Thanks. I was wondering if there was another 7x7x7 robot solver about which I'm not aware! Yes, I agree that MultiCuber 777 could be faster, but I designed it with function and reliability in mind rather than speed. Maybe I'll work on a faster one sometime ;-) BTW that "someone" is me... there are two videos of my "Megaminxer" 12-sided dodecahedron solver, one on this channel and one on my own. Enjoy :-)

[siimsimsiim]

Why buy a rubic cube and a machine like this?-.-

[MONEYBOY512]

Fucking impressive. Damn wish i could make that. Was it hard to program?

[MikeTaBoy]

it takes long but don't care becouse IT'S TOTALLY AWESOME!

[MrKhacheerio]

Lazy algorithm.

[ArmyGuy7630]

you have to count the scanning time as part of the solve time according to the robot rules

[XenonLightz]

I think that the phone was ready after 3 seconds, but the machine need too much time :D

[HDHeroTime]

people can do this in less than 7 minutes. suck it computers.

[IAssemble]

@HDHeroTime have you seen CubeStormer II? :-)

[gregslife7]

I win by 13:48

[izovire]

Man.... if this robot had fingers... 

[MichalHalczuk]

I can solve it like 12 times faster but who gives a shit.

[g2gcio]

Amazing!

[perjetesi2811]

Holy crap, i mean Kubik! :D

[supermariohunter2001]

Now you can win a bet with your friends

[nostradamus302]

Hellraiser is in problems

[Warfang500]

I should make that in my robotics class lol... Although I can solve it faster

[JackDander]

Good. Now you can return that horrible horrible rubix cube from hell.

[thecityboy781]

what if i put a hamster there ?

[thecityboy781]

what if i pit a hamster there ?

[dhvanilgr8]

this shows if you mess up wid your rubik cube even expert will take 39 hours to solve it !!

[DevilOnHog]

I'm faster than this robot

[HighVoltage18388]

tuuuuutuuuuuutuuuuut...tuuuutu­uuuutuuuut!! xD

[KOartisan]

38 Minutes!?!?! What a Slow Fuckin Robot!!!

[lonewolf29079]

@KOartisan let's see you solve this in less time, mr. slow fuckin' human

[latte123]

I think I'll have to buy this to solve my 3x3 cube.....

[KillYourTeeVee]

i wonder if there were any wasted moves in there... or does it know with the original scan how to solve it in the fewest number of steps?

[stutzedward]

38 hours?

[rokusho109]

@stutzedward minutes

[RCT3Creations1]

Dear Santa...

[FlyTour69]

I used to solve it slower.

[jonbenson05]

The iPhone 4 can solve it faster :D

[gwar10ck]

@jonbenson05 highly doubt that, iphone has only 1ghz processor

[Frankness9]

yeah i´m faster XD

[rough77]

@Frankness9 no, you aren't ;-P

[n1c4nh4ckm3]

if you had created a robot with multiple handles not just one to make movements more like 4 it would be much less than 38 minutes, thats too much

[robloxian848]

it ruins the fun

[MrQcomber]

is that 38 minutes or 38 secondes

[qeuchniot]

@MrQcomber lol idiot

[SheriffakaMax]

долго чтото

[idiotcorppresident]

The fact that this is advertising that it's powered by an ARM processor is a little daft. Pretty much any processor could do this, with enough time and memory.

[Jibes]

@idiotcorppresident ARM sponsors projects like this if you advertise them as such, though.

[godsBIGbrother1]

ehh, I call it 39:00

[kimai0827]

wonderful !

[honkyopferus85]

???? *_*

I want also a machine like this

[jaychou1994]

rise of the machines?

[RubyTheSpammer]

dun tell me again this is stay tuned = =|||?

[pey3b]

It is doing reduction, isn't it?

[peterbone]

It's doing reduction?

[IAssemble]

@peterbone Thanks for asking. I developed my own algorithms for all my designs. I just read a few descriptions of reduction and believe it is different. The order in which the puzzle is solved is two centres, edge, centre, two edges, centre, two edges, two corners, two centres,  remaining edges, remaining corners. Each centre is solved in rings from the middle out. The edges are solved in place rather than being "paired" first. There is no need for a "solve like a 3x3x3" phase at the end.

[GFXZombie]

I saw this in person today :D

[manhoffentlichgibes]

my xphone would do this in about 40secounds!

[michael1234252]

whats the app your using on the android phone?

[IAssemble]

@michael1234252 thanks for asking about the app. It is a custom Android application that I wrote and adapted for my whole range of LEGO robotic Rubik's Cube-style puzzle solvers.

[michael1234252]

@IAssemble ok thanks

[tscholz2001]

Where did you get that?

[jackmuffin3103]

Oh My F"""""" God! Awsome.

[Lespaulguitar10]

ti do a 3x3 cube

[Lespaulguitar10]

slow but still amazing, its as fast as me when im trying

[misieuroo]

lent mais balèze

slow but good

[EMI94100]

are you gonna buy a 9x9 or 11x11? maybe I will try to make a 11x11 cube solver

(I just don't know how to make the program -.-

[ubudog32]

Sweet.

[jerry533482]

How on earth does it deal with layer alignment??

[IAssemble]

@jerry533482 - thanks for asking about layer alignment. There is a link in the description to one of my blog posts that includes some detail of how this was achieved.

[jerry533482]

@IAssemble now u should make a version that can solve the 17x17 XD

[IAssemble]

@jerry533482 thanks for your suggestion - do you have a 17x17x17 cube that I could borrow? ;-)

[jerry533482]

@IAssemble u might want 2 ask oskar or clauswe fo one. XD

[Katana221985]

I can solve it faster, but still, great work.

[MrGameboy1989]

now colour 1 white piece red :)

[IAssemble]

@MrGameboy1989 - why not 1 red piece white to be different? ;-) The software checks that the scan returns a cube configuration that can be solved in case colours have been sampled incorrectly, perhaps because of changes in lighting conditions during the scan. One piece being coloured incorrectly would result in this check failing in the same way and It would then request a rescan and wait for the red start button to be pressed again. Not very exciting really! ;-)

[Sporeman58]

Type PRIZE before youtube and hit enter

[MarceloTorresPoA]

Amazing video!!

Long live to Milestone!!!!

[jabbeXD]

Does anybody know a good tutorial to solve the v-cube 7?

[EMI94100]

@jabbeXD check out one of those 5x5 tutorials, The V 7 is actually the same thing:

White center- yellow center- middle center- 4th center between those- last centers- inner edges- outer edges- 3x3.

[eminemlover141]

lol who dislike This, They must just be jealous.

[MrZauberwuerfel]

hm my personal record is 36 minutes.....

[therealannoyingNPC]

DAMN I BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE MY RUBIKS CUBE FOR 10 PHUKN YEARS

[renanstreetsk8]

awesome !

[bgamap]

damn I hope it doesn't evolve to a Centurion Cylon!

[slagosligs]

what about the 9x9x9

[IAssemble]

@slagosligs - thanks for the idea of solving the 9x9x9 - do you have one I could borrow? ;-)

[oOBNOo]

You're fucking insane.

[xGemingAx]

wtffffffffffffffffffffffffffff­fffffffffffffffffffff o.O

android ftw!

[HanWriting]

Impressive!! I've develop a new puzzle game inspired by Rubik’s Cube. I haven't figure out how to solve some of the higher levels. Maybe your algorithm could help.

[intellisaforiginal]

my eyes popped out!!!

[michael123425]

now the 11x11 and that is my time on 7x7

[TehZombieSlayer]

Now do an 11x11.

[IAssemble]

@TehZombieSlayer - thanks for the suggestion of solving an 11x11x11. Both the MultiCuber mechanism and the software support cubes with an arbitrary number of layers so it ought to be possible. Do you have one you could lend me? ;-)

[TehZombieSlayer]

@IAssemble Nope. Sorry.

[hakansson20]

is this the fastest method or a original method for solving it?

[IAssemble]

@hakansson20 - thanks for asking about the method. I developed the algorithm myself as a generic method for solving cubes of any size. It is unlikely to be the fastest that could be developed for a 7x7x7 cube. If you're interested, there is a link in the description to a blog entry I wrote that has a little more information.

[tedlam168]

A-W-E-S-O-M-E

[AdurianJ]

the video is too fast you can't see what it's doing 

[fuckthelocals]

but this must be more work for the cpu, than the os..?

[IAssemble]

@fuckthelocals - thanks for your question about the use of the cpu and os. The solve algorithm certainly uses the ARM cpu directly but the solution as a whole makes use of the standard camera and Bluetooth APIs provided by Android.

[NightshotBR]

Now lets see Windows Mobile do it, lol

[bidamand]

Genial!! justo cuando creía que era mas listo que un montón de Legos....

[19f97]

MADE OF LEGO HAHAHAHHAA LMAO ._.

[MennoGorter]

@19f97 Yes : Lego is meant to be more than a toy!

[19f97]

@MennoGorter i knoooow :P

[ApprovalJunkie]

i like the ending :p

[cahpee]

sick sick sick... .nice work keep it going, next time build one who can drop chicks underwear without them knowing. :)

[Zolmyr]

Det är vackert att se!!

[DoctorJ3kyll]

Wow



[IAssemble]

@ifarted96 - yes, you're right. The smartphone uses it's camera to take pictures and analyse each face of the cube and solve the puzzle. It communicates via Bluetooth with the LEGO NXT controller which controls the motors to orientate and manipulate the cube. Perhaps what @Jensrudnick meant was that the choice of phone was irrelevant? To an extent this is also correct, the software ought to run on almost any Android smartphone and similar software has been used on a Nokia N95 for example.

[RarewareLover]

Android just did

[trobbins43]

Android or iPhone...who will prevail in the end?

[MiniMaxis468]

Stuff like this is why i learned how to solve a regular rubik's cube.

[miljaker]

iPhone fanboys... your turn.

[Danerd9]

and the purpose of this?

[JURPO90]

@Danerd9 thats just stupid question. of cource its just for show. but its cool as hell.

[gamerx129]

give it a human genome! lets see whit it does!

[gnetix1]

Sweet!!

Cube Explorer 5.0 or another program?

[IAssemble]

@gnetix1 - thanks!. You asked about the software. I wrote all the software myself using my own algorithms. You may be interested to see my blogs on ARM.com for a little more detail (see the link in the description)

[Aelkamal]

That's Useful !

[smartxueqi]

amazing~~~~~

[Jensrudnick]

Awesome robot and software.... the phone ... is irrelevant.

[vidirg]

@Jensrudnick I think it helps the robot calculate

[2FTurbo]

This is just astonishing!

[roscosity]

.....thumbs up if you can do this but you don't wanna

[emrodis]

Pas facile cette histoire... Merci LEGO ...

avec un peu d'entrainement ... faut voir !

[radar465]

@emrodis no hable

[MrKampfemu]

@emrodis this comment looks funny

[vihor772]

vihor772 nice

[gampanat]

1 idiot disliked it >.> he died 1 min after

[BluePi1313]

if it ever pops, can it detect it?

[IAssemble]

@BluePi1313 - no, the robot would not detect a pop visually since it only "inspects" the cube with the camera at the start. I suspect the relatively low speed and torque (compared with you speedcubers!) means that it will simply jam rather than "pop" :-) There is a jam recovery mechanism in software that uses a timeout to detect the motor stalling and tries turning the layers in the opposite direction instead - as human solvers tend to do if the cube is slightly mis-aligned.

[IAssemble]

@jeppezon - good observation about the cube on the smartphone display moving horizontally rather than vertically! This seems to be the default orientation for the live camera preview when using the standard Android software API on this phone. Despite several attempts I was unable to determine the required parameters to orientate it vertically. The same app displays the preview vertically as expected on some other devices that I tried during development.

[Sa967St]

So cool :D

I lol'd at the pop at the end

[IAssemble]

@Sa967St -yes it was very funny at the time! Does this ever happen to you when you solve the 7x7x7? :-)

[Sa967St]

@IAssemble, of course, I'd be surprised if there was someone with a V-cube7 that hasn't experienced pops :)

[Stabiloten]

1 disslike uses iPhone

[lolipopus]

What just happend in the end? A piece fell off?

[IAssemble]

@lolipopus - one of the pieces "popped" out of the cube as I was scrambling it in preparation for the solve. This occasionaly happens if the layers aren't quite aligned correctly before turning the next. I've only had this happen when I'm scambling or attempting to solve the puzzle myself - MultiCuber 777 turns the layers more precisely than I can and has not yet caused a piece to "pop" :-)

[Stabiloten]

This is why ANDROID is the best..

[JustSolveIt]

V-CUBES ARE FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!

[entertement]

to slow :(



[verx666]

That dealt a huge "blow" to "Jobs".

[Legojogge]

@verx666 Hehehe!

[duhhh187]

oh god its the robot aliens ahahahaha!

[Pero1107]

it's allmost impossble to believe ;D

[bossbower]

Nerdgasm!

[ChoPiGu]

Two of my favorite things combined, LEGOs and the Motorola Droid

[Sayankomaster]

How far is this really from AI?

[Stabiloten]

THAT IS SO AWESOME!!

[RockYou1990]

It's so cool!

[Jelenij]

I just had na geekgasm.

[kennyJRT]

Beat that iPhone!! Android RULES!!

[lobler]

amazing

[max787844]

s**t ><" to bad that the "ARM Powered Android LEGO" needs iPhone 4G..... and yeah that Android is kind of awsome thing but..... it's not awsome as much cause it's like cheats on PC games in other words; HAX ! ! !

[qpaker]

Lol 38:53.44......i can do it faster

[XXXgot2bmeXXX]

@qpaker prove it 

[JustSolveIt]

@qpaker :P me 2 my pb is like 10 min or something

[BrandonToddCarr]

Wow, amazing.

[brandonaliwarga]

This is just effin awesome.

[thejerrymobile]

Doesn't exactly solve it in the conventional human-style. Now go for under 6 minutes.

[pgf95]

and it can be used to?oh solving this puzzle? well thats useful...

[EazyE6793]

haha...NOT THE IPHONE! you know that if it was an iphone everyone would be like..."Ya the iphone rocks" doesnt matter if the phone was doing the work or not. Its not the iphone haha.

[reviewthis1]

@EazyE6793 its not a iphone cause they are all sold out bitch!!!!! JK

[EazyE6793]

@reviewthis1 hahahaha that was good. haha touche

[artman40]

Congratulations for solving the rounded cube problem. Guess next up is a non-cubic puzzle.

[IAssemble]

@artman40 - thanks for appreciating the "rounded cube problem".... a non-cubic puzzle.... what do you suggest?!? ;-)

[artman40]

@IAssemble Maybe prism-shaped things first because making a Square-1 or Teraminx-solving machine would be rather difficult.

[IAssemble]

@artman40 splutters!?!?! ;-) Teraminx - yes, a little ambitious.... Square-1... can't think how to start on that one.... how about a Megaminx? ;-)

[artman40]

@IAssemble Megaminx sounds about right. Maybe Flowerminx is even easier to pull off.

[IAssemble]

@artman40 hmmmm.... a Flowerminx..... yes, that gives me something to think about! Thanks for the suggestion ;-)

[hardcoregamer16]

that was cool nice job

[AyNoobyNoobers]

Oh yeah, and you don't have to worry about dropped calls as much.

[zahtmi]

Take that Mr Jobs!

[nielsww]

Awesome job. Using an android based smartphone is a real eye opener. Lot of potential in that combination if you ask me.

[preedalist]

Awesome :D