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A robot in Japan has set a new world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in the fastest time. Guinness World Records recognised a time of 0.305 seconds for the Mitsubishi Electric machine, breaking the ...

If you've ever tried to solve a Rubik's Cube, you know how hard it can be to do that, let alone do it fast. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports on a couple of software developers in Kansas ...

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence development company co-founded by Elon Musk, just released software that lets an AI-powered robot hand that solve a Rubik's cube by itself. After years of ...

If you look away from this Rubik's Cube-solving robot for even a second, you'll miss history. The Sub 1 Reloaded cracked the notorious puzzle in just 0.637 seconds earlier this year, smashing its own ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A robot built at MIT has reportedly set a world speed record for solving a Rubik's Cube, cutting ...

Automated Rubik’s Cube solvers are such a common sight in robotics competitions that Guinness World Records has a dedicated category for them. But OpenAI Inc.’s new entry into the field stands out.

There’s always been something so annoying about people who found the need to stack additional challenges onto solving a Rubik’s Cube quickly, whether it was doing it blindfolded or while juggling or ...

Hardware hackers Ben Katz and Jared Di Carlo have smashed the previous record for solving the Rubik's cube robotically. Their machine solved the puzzle in 0.38 seconds—a 40-percent improvement over ...

There are a number of very impressive examples of how artificial intelligence can accomplish things that humans simply can’t, but nothing is cooler than seeing AI married to robotics. OpenAI, the ...

A new machine breaks the most recent world record for robotically-solving a standard 3 x 3 Rubik's cube puzzle within 0.38 seconds. Prior to its victory, the previous listed record was 0.637 seconds ...

When future generations look back on 2018 what will they remember? Not much, I suspect, except for this amazing robot that can solve a Rubik’s cube in .38 seconds. The video, above, shows the cube in ...