CubeStormer II is a robot built primarily with
Lego Mindstorms
Lego Mindstorms (sometimes stylized as ''LEGO MINDSTORMS'') is a discontinued line of educational kits for building programmable robots based on Lego bricks. It was introduced on 1 September 1998 and discontinued on 31 December 2022.
Mindstor ...
and a
Samsung Galaxy S2 for solving a
Rubik's Cube. The project was commissioned by
ARM Holdings
Arm Holdings plc (formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a British semiconductor and software design company based in Cambridge, England, whose primary business is the design of central processing ...
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 British reference book published annually, list ...
in
Wired.co.uk's offices in London.
[Duncan Geere]
"Video: CubeStormer II robot beats Rubik's Cube speed record".
''Wired (magazine)
''Wired'' is a bi-monthly American magazine that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. It is published in both print and Online magazine, online editions by Condé Nast. The magazine has been in public ...
'', 11/11/2011.
The record has already been beaten by its successor, the
CubeStormer III, which is controlled by a
Samsung Galaxy S4, 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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