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I couldn’t solve a Rubik’s Cube to save my life, but I could probably build a robot that could do the job for me. The following Lego project is interesting because everything is done onboard, none of the processing is outsourced; which means battery power rather than cables. How does it work?

Read on to find out and watch a video.

Tilted Twister solves Rubik’s cube fully automatically. Just place the scrambled cube on Tilted Twister’s turntable. An ultrasonic sensor detects its presence and starts to read the colors of the cube faces using a light sensor. The robot turns and tilts the cube in order to read all the faces of the cube. It then calculates a solution and executes the moves by turning, tilting and twisting the cube.

If you want to try it yourself, you can get the instructions from the Tilted Twister site. You will need Lego Digital Designer to be able to view the them. [Tilted Twister via Hacked Gadgets]

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