Lego Robot solves Rubiks Cube Gadgets
This is pretty mind-blowing! The first bit of the movie is a little slow but you'll watch with your jaw dropped as the cube starts getting solved at the end!
Hans Andersson built this cube-solver using the Lego Mindstorms NXT kit with no extra parts, so if you get the stock retail NXT kit you can build one too! He has all the plans and the program at his web site: http://www.tiltedtwister.com/.
My son has one of these kits and we haven't tried to build one of these yet, but the next weekend day when the weather is not good, we'll be working on building it. These Lego NXT kits are a great educational toy...it's a fun way for kids to learn about engineering, computers, programming and science. You can build all sorts of robots that drive around or just sit in place and do tasks like the Rubiks Cube solver.
Some schools even have a robot competition team based on the Lego Mindstorms NXT called First Lego League and my son does that too...it's a great outlet for kids with creativity and a desire to learn.
