MIT Robot Breaks Rubik’s Cube World Record, Solving It in 0.38 Seconds

A robot cre­at­ed by MIT stu­dents Ben Katz and Jared Di Car­lo man­aged to solve a Rubik’s Cube in a record-break­ing, light­ning-fast 0.38 sec­onds. The video above shows it hap­pen­ing in real time, then in pro­gres­sive­ly slow­er times. By com­par­i­son, Yusheng Du, a Chi­nese speed­cu­ber, holds the [human] record for solv­ing a 3x3x3 cube in 3.47 sec­onds.

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