From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!kolstad Newsgroups: net.games Title: Re: Re Rubik's cube - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.222 Posted: Wed Jun 30 20:25:36 1982 Received: Thu Jul 1 07:04:20 1982 Reply-To: $s #R:csin:-15200:uiucdcs:9200001:000:482 uiucdcs!kolstad Jun 30 19:29:00 1982 The University of Illinois chapter of Tau Beta Pi did indeed construct "Robbie Rubik" (sic) (sick) -- a machine which had manipulators and computer power enough to solve a Rubik's cube. Its original LED's and sensors to determine initial edge placement were flaky, but the machine performed admirably all through engineering open house. It is really a miracle of modern technology -- took about 12 minutes to solve a scrambled cube. 0.8 seconds of that was CPU time for the Z80.