World record: First robot to solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 1 second ( s)

On 23-Jan-2016 the robot “Sub1“ solved a Rubik’s Cube in s at the Cubikon store in Munich, Germany. Prior to the world record attempt a WCA-conform modified speed cube was scrambled with a computer generated random array and positioned in the robot. Once the start button was hit two webcam shutters were moved away. Thereafter a laptop took two pictures, each picture showing three sides of the cube. Then the laptop identified all colors of the cube and calculated a solution with Tomas Rokicki’s extrem