Solving a Rubik's Cube is hard enough for most people. Solving a Rubik's Cube with one hand is even harder. Harder still: designing a lone robot hand capable of solving a Rubik's Cube all by itself.
Move over, human speedcubers. The Rubik’s Cube world has a new champion. Final-year University of Bristol Computer Science student Matt Pidden, seeking a dissertation project, discovered the robot ...
When I read about the Pidden brothers and their record-breaking robot, my reaction was equal parts awe and competitive ...