US EditionRobot sets record by solving Rubik's cube in .103 seconds
- A team of four Purdue University undergraduate students set a new Guinness World Record by programming the robot Purdubik's Cube to solve a Rubik’s Cube in 0.103 seconds in December 2024 at West Lafayette, Indiana.
- The achievement follows Purdue’s long tradition from Apollo-era contributions to cutting-edge robotics and was driven by students inspired by previous records held by MIT and Mitsubishi Electric, whose time of 0.305 seconds was set in May 2024.
- Purdubik's Cube demonstrates how combining advanced control techniques, robotic systems, and computational resources can create a platform for achieving ultrafast coordination that exceeds human capabilities, given that average human reaction time is approximately 200 milliseconds.
- Matthew Patrohay explained that since typical human reaction times are around 200 milliseconds, the machine operates much faster than what a person could achieve, to the extent that the cube pieces physically break apart due to the tremendous speed.
- This record signals a major advance in robotics and automation, highlighting Purdue’s education model and suggesting future developments in intelligent, high-speed synthetic systems beyond competition performance.
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Guinness Record: Designed the Fastest Robot to Solve the Rubik Cube
The machine solves the complex 3x3x3 three-dimensional puzzle in just 0.103 seconds. To date, the record belonged to a Japanese company with a machine that solved the magic cube in 0.305 seconds.
College students create robot that breaks record for solving Rubik’s cube — smashing prior record held by $80B auto maker
The Purdue students' robot, nicknamed the Purdubik’s cube, solved the puzzle in an almost incomprehensibly fast .103 milliseconds. The prior record belonged to Mitsubishi engineers whose robot solved it in .305 seconds.
INSANE Video Shows A Rubik's Cube-Solving Robot That Completed Its Task In 1 Second!
Purdue students demolished the Guinness World Record for the fastest Rubik’s cube-solving robot, solving the puzzle cube in just 0.103 seconds, faster than the blink of an eye. The previous record was set by Mitsubishi Electric engineers in 2024 in Japan with a speed of 0.305 seconds. The team says they can probably go even faster, but the cube is the holdup, considering it will "disintegrate" if they go faster. They say they had to reconstruct …
Purdue Students Hold Guinness World Record With Puzzle-Solving Robot
World Record Breaking Purdubik’s Cube by Purdue Elmore Family School of ECE WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Engineering students at Purdue University recently broke the Guinness World Record for “Fastest robot to solve a puzzle cube.” A team of undergrad students in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering were able to solve a rubik’s cube in a blistering 0.103 seconds, using their high-speed robotic system known as…
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