Posted 08.27.2009 at 11:11 am
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Here's a short list of things this robot can do that I can't: Write legibly. Solve a beginner sudoku puzzle in less than 10 minutes.
Swedish hacker Hans Anderson built this robot around the Lego Mindstorms System, which he's also used to make the Tilted Twister Rubik's Cube solver.
The 'bot first scans the board, and runs the data gathered through an a series of image-processing algorithms. After it's solved the puzzle, its motor guides it to fill out the solution by hand.
Too bad he's a little hefty for me to carry on the morning commute.
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[Hack A Day via Gizmodo]
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Good work !
Amazed.. I don't really know what else to say. I am in Engineering Technology Teacher Education at Purdue University, so in short I will be teaching students how to use those very robot devices. I am going to have to see if I can figure this out and then maybe have an advanced course where the students get to try and solve a puzzle. Really cool. Thanks
Actually, the Sudoku site verifies this puzzle as medium level.
yes absolutley amazing, and this has been confirmed as a medium level sudoku? If so even more amazing
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Wow! This is extremely amazing. Having a robot to solve sudoku! Now there's no reason why we don't/can't play sudoku and start training our minds.
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Would like to have one of those at home...
yes absolutley amazing, and this has been confirmed as a medium level sudoku? If so even more amazing
Way to go to the future! I got hooked with Sudoku puzzles when my sister introduced me to it. I have been bringing them with me everytime I travel. The thing is I could never solve a beginner puzzle in less than 10 minutes. This is amazing!
Whatever this robot does, it apparently beats my sudoku record breaking.
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never dreamed legos would solve puzzles one day!
I would have never imagined in a million years that Lego robots would someday solve a puzzle. My brother has corner in his room dedicated to all his Lego collection and I wonder what his reaction would be to something like this.
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I think next in line to be solved by robots is rubik's cube
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I have a sudoku based webservice. I wonder to wat level of outr e-mailed puzzles this fella could handle?
perhaps this 'bot should sign up for our service to feed it's sudoku 'habit' lol!
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ahhh I love sodoku, I wouln't let any robots touch it :)
Still very awesome how they can make robots do it though...
Wow...just wow. I would never have imagined that robots would one day solve a puzzle! This is indeed amazing. My bro is a major fan of sudoku and www.blackwallmirror.com/, and he's going to be really surprised at this piece of news. You've gotta marvel at the wonders of modern technology.
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This is brilliant, I struggle with the very hard suduko so this would be ideal to help me along. I also compete with my brother sometimes so this little fella under the table would be cheating, but still he would be amazed.
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I can't even do these puzzles but this robot can! Geez
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It’s always inspiring to see the creative uses people come up with for their mind storm toy sets. I can only imagine the scientific advancements that will be made by kids who have these home robotics kits as their favorite toys. I for one welcome our Lego overlords.
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