Automated Rubik’s Cube solvers are such a common sight in robotics competitions that Guinness World Records has a dedicated category for them. But OpenAI Inc.’s new entry into the field stands out.

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Forget what you remember about the Rubik’s Cube that’s gathering dust in your mother’s attic with your old He-Mans. The iconic puzzle that gripped the public’s imagination and fell into disfavor just ...

Fancy algorithms capable of solving a Rubik’s Cube have appeared before, but a new system from the University of California, Irvine uses artificial intelligence to solve the 3D puzzle from scratch and ...

Anyone who has lived through the 1980s knows how maddeningly difficult it is to solve a Rubik's Cube, and to accomplish the feat without peeling the stickers off and rearranging them. It's not just ...

There are a number of very impressive examples of how artificial intelligence can accomplish things that humans simply can't, but nothing is cooler than seeing AI married to robotics. OpenAI, the ...

A machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without human assistance, according to a group of UC Irvine researchers. Two algorithms developed by the researchers, collectively called Deep Cube, ...

There are a number of very impressive examples of how artificial intelligence can accomplish things that humans simply can’t, but nothing is cooler than seeing AI married to robotics. OpenAI, the ...

I have always loved playing with a Rubik’s Cube, which combines logic with a satisfying tactile activity. I can solve it—getting each of the six sides to be one color—but not particularly quickly or ...

Will Callan has been solving the Rubik’s Cube since 2012, when he was in the fifth grade. He started competing against others gifted in the art of deciphering the puzzle not long after. On Aug. 1, the ...

Unlike his hands, Daniel Rose-Levine’s feet never seem to fail him. At the age of 11, he got hooked on trying to solve a 3D plastic puzzle cube, practicing so much, his hands started to hurt from all ...