The goal of Team P22365's Senior Design project was to build and program a traditional 3x3 Rubik's Cube that can solve itself after being scrambled. Inside of the prototype here, there are a set of motors and electrical controllers that follow a complex algorithm on a computer to return all of the faces of the cube to their original configuration. No matter how much you try to mix it up, our Rubik's Cube will fix itself!
The standard Rubik's Cube that everyone is likely familiar with has a center that is totally filled with plastic components to help you turn it. This model, however, has an electrical brain inside of it, and slides along a sphere of its own shape rather than a guide frame built into it. Power and controls are all fit into the cube, so it might feel a little heavy compared to what you are used to!
Visitors to our exhibit will ideally be able to hold and scramble our prototype on their own, and then place it down on the table and watch it wiggle around, turning face by face, until it lands on the original configuration. While they watch, we can talk more in depth about how the cube is functioning. The entire solving process should take a maximum of around 45 seconds.