CubeStormer II is a robot built primarily with Lego Mindstorms and a Samsung Galaxy S2 for solving a Rubik's Cube. The project was commissioned by ARM Holdings 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 in Wired.co.uk's offices in London.
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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Eric Limer. "CubeStormer II LEGO Robot Holds Rubik’s Cube World Record". Geekosystem, 10/19/2011. http://www.geekosystem.com/cubestormerii-record/ ↩
Chenda Ngak "Samsung Galaxy S II robot solves Rubik's Cube in seconds". CBS News, 10/17/2011. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-robot-solves-rubiks-cube-in-seconds/ ↩
"Lego Robot Beats Human World Record For Solving the Rubik’s Cube!". Singularity Hub, 10/19/2011. http://singularityhub.com/2011/10/19/lego-robot-beats-human-world-record-for-solving-the-rubiks-cube/ ↩
Andrew Liszewski. "Rubik’s Solving CubeStormer II Finally Bests Humanity". Gizmodo, 10/17/2011. https://gizmodo.com/5850505/rubiks-solving-cubesolver-ii-finally-bests-humanity ↩
Duncan Geere. "Video: CubeStormer II robot beats Rubik's Cube speed record". Archived 2016-05-16 at the Wayback Machine Wired (magazine), 11/11/2011. https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-11/11/cubestormer-ii-world-record ↩