CubeStormer II

CubeStormer II solves the Rubik's Cube puzzle faster than the human world record.

This ARM Powered robot was designed, built and programmed by Mike Dobson and David Gilday, creators respectively of CubeStormer http://youtu.be/eaRcWB3jwMo and Android Speedcuber http://youtu.be/ylFb4pqAUd8.

The mechanics are constructed entirely from LEGO, including four MINDSTORMS NXT kits, with the addition of a Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone running a custom Android app as the robot's brain. Both the MINDSTORMS NXT kits and the Samsung Galaxy SII use a variety of ARM --based processors.

The app uses the phone's camera to capture images of each face of the Rubik's Cube which it processes to determine the scrambled colours. The solution is found using an advanced two-phase algorithm, originally developed for Speedcuber, enhanced to be multi-threaded to make effective use of the smartphone's dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 1.2GHz processor. The software finds an efficient solution to the puzzle which is optimised specifically for the capabilities of the four-grip mechanism. The app communicates via Bluetooth with software running on the ARM microprocessors in the LEGO NXT Intelligent Bricks which controls the motors driving the robot. During the physical solve, the app uses OpenGL ES on the phone's ARM Mali-400 MP GPU to display a graphical version of the cube being solved in real time.

Human speedcubers' solve times only include the physical manipulation of the cube and don't include some time which is allowed to "inspect" the cube beforehand. Times recorded by CubeStormer II are for the total solve including: image capture, software solution calculation and physical solve.

Want to see it in action?? Check it out at ARM TechCon 2011 in Santa Clara, California Oct 26-27th http://www.armtechcon.com.

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[zedovski]

I for one welcome our new rubik's cube solving overlords...

[benzbubblecat]

This comment was unoriginal three years ago. Stop fucking posting it on every single video.

[fuker140]

WTF!?!??!

[sp00nr311]

at least he tried jerks

[Bruce6335]

whats your IQ reatrd? I bet oh so fucking much money that its not 167 or even over 110

[Bruce6335]

dude just go fuck yourself I didnt want to talk to you. I saw that you have just been swearing people on youtube comments!!! Go fuck yourself!

[Bruce6335]

its not slightly over average average is 110. You come back when you know your freaking iq

[Hans Peter]

come back when your iq is 167

looser

[Hans Peter]

Yes you are right cause how can I, or anyone else, cope with 128 ip points

[Bruce6335]

Hold on hold on I think youre confusing my mother with yours! im not uneducated I dont see why people started raging cause I commented about the record. I dont record anyone calling a little twat here just fuck off and suck your dads cock like usual

[Hans Peter]

haha and still so stupid and uneducated haha, and your whoremother fists for five bucks