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By: yoonsikpGoon

Agreed

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By: Hirudinea

Maybe he should have used the web cam on the laptop to detect the colours on the cube but what really impresses me is that with only three movements this thing can fully manipulate the cube, simple but...

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By: Andy7

Nice though this is its got nothing on mind cuber which I built with my kids and solves in about 40 moves, or the epic mind stormer that solves in 2 to 6 seconds… Now THAT’S a solver!

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By: ameyring

Good job! Not only did you keep the algorithm simple, but kept the cost of the set-up down. To do everything with a Mindstorms Lego set would be more expensive and you just showed how to use other...

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By: James

I really do look up to the Cubestormer II, after this project i fully understand its complexity. 40 moves is around what im aiming for in round 2 of my project too

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By: elektromojo

He means that you manually entered the positions of each face. I’m sure it’s trivial for you to come up with a way to do that either by imaging or color sensors, but it’s still impressive that you put...

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By: SteveHaD

I wasn’t going to watch the video because I really hate Rubiks cubes. But I like mechanical devices so I had to take a peek. I have a tip for you James, which I learnt while making my own hack/DIY...

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By: Wretch

Cat: Is that all? Meh. I can do it faster. Impressive build. That’s an ingenious use of popsicle sticks and way of manoeuvring the cube.

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By: James

thanks, thats really nice advice. i actually do have a better video on my channel where i am talking a bit about my project, and it actually shows a more recent version of it. but more importantly it...

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By: Gilliam

this video shows how slow a cat is even at 8X speed-up… oh and the rubix cube is cool.

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By: brickgeek

From 2008, built entirely from the parts in the first Lego Mindstorms NXT kit http://tiltedtwister.com/tiltedtwister.html

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By: gyro john

Agreed. Hats off 2U, James. Good, simple hardware.

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By: Greenaum

Instead of colour sensors with filters, a better way might be to use RGB LEDs to illuminate the cube each colour in turn. You’d need to keep external light out for the scanning (well, you could try...

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By: Tom the Brat

Na, you can’t have the cat help. The gadget has to solve it unaided :D

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By: James

100% agree

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