The WIRED Gadget Lab headline reads, Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube in 6 Seconds.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has serious problems on its mind: getting a robot to beat humans at solving Rubik’s cube being among the weightiest. According to TokyoMango, the robot looks at the six sides, calculates the solution in about 1 second, and then sets to work. Unlike a human, it doesn’t need a second look, and getting to the solution is simply a matter of mechanical speed. I can imagine many profitable uses for such a device.
It seems that robots may be doing more than just carrying things and us around. It’s an old story to Science Fiction.
This reminds me of the quote on the back of my copy of _A Whole New Mind_: “If a computer can do your work faster than you can…”