The Rubik’s Cube has been around for decades. I’ve toyed with the cube, probably in the very late ‘80s or early ‘90s, but never imagined being able to solve one. But wouldn’t it be satisfying if I ...

Rubik’s Cube-solving robots are far from a new idea. In fact, while the human record holder can solve a cube in just 4.22 seconds, the fastest cube-solving robot does it in a little over half a second ...

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Solving Rubik's cubes at inhuman speeds might be a worthwhile hobby for algorithms. Credit: Amy T. Zielinski/Redferns via Getty Images If civilization as we know it ends at the hands of artificial ...

Move over, human speedcubers. The Rubik’s Cube world has a new champion. Final-year University of Bristol Computer Science student Matt Pidden, seeking a dissertation project, discovered the robot ...

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 ...

This robotic Rubik’s Cube is the product of a Japanese creator who’s documented many of his creative projects on his YouTube channel, Human Controller. Yes, it has a custom 3D-printed core attached to ...

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Calvin Anderson was in middle school the first time he watched in amazement as a football teammate deftly solved a Rubik’s Cube. Always the competitive type, he needed to know how ...

Ernő Rubik, who turns 80 on July 13, finished the prototype of his "Magic Cube" 50 years ago. Fifty years ago, as he sat in his mother’s apartment in Budapest, Hungary, young professor, Ernő Rubik, ...

Although we think of the Rubik’s Cube as an ’80s phenomenon, the iconic brain teaser toy first came out in 1974. This means that 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Rubik’s Cube in our lives. The toy, ...

"The Queen's Gambit" won't be the last throwback game to gain a new audience. A Rubik's Cube movie is now in the works. TASS via Getty Images Move over, Beth Harmon. The next classic game to win over ...