CubeStormer II is a robot built primarily with
Lego Mindstorms
Lego Mindstorms is a hardware and software structure which develops programmable robots based on Lego building blocks. Each version includes computer Lego bricks, a set of modular sensors and motors, and Lego parts from the Technic line to ...
and a
Samsung Galaxy S2
The Samsung Galaxy S II (or Galaxy S2) is a touchscreen-enabled, slate-format Android smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics, as the second smartphone of the Samsung Galaxy S series. It has additional software feat ...
for solving a
Rubik's Cube. The project was commissioned by
ARM Holdings and designed and built by Mike Dobson and David Gilday.
CubeStormer II set a Guinness World Record of 5.270s for the fastest robot solving a Rubik's Cube on 11 November 2011 in the presence of the editor-in-chief of
Guinness World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
in
Wired.co.uk's offices in London.
[Duncan Geere]
"Video: CubeStormer II robot beats Rubik's Cube speed record".
''Wired (magazine)
''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San Fr ...
'', 11/11/2011.
The record has already been beaten by its successor, the
CubeStormer III, which is controlled by a
Samsung Galaxy S4
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is an Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics as the fourth smartphone of the Samsung Galaxy S series and was first shown publicly on March 14, 2013, at Samsung Mobile Unpacked in New York City. It is the succe ...
, the new record is now 3.253 seconds.
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Lego Mindstorms
Sports robots
Entertainment robots
2011 robots
Robots of the United Kingdom
Rubik's Cube
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