Mitsubishi's TOKUFASTbot Sets New Record in Solving the Rubik's Cube in Less Than Half a Second

A massive feat was made in robotics recently, as Mitsubishi Electric's TOKUFASTbot set a new world record for the fastest solution of a Rubik's Cube. For this feat, the company received a new Guinness World Record, surpassing the previous record that the company had set by a few fractions of a second and maintaining a new record time.

To date, this is the fastest a machine has solved a Rubik's cube, with Mitsubishi crediting its feat to the latest developments, including AI power.

Mitsubishi's TOKUFASTbot Set New World Record for Solving a Rubik's Cube

Mitsubishi Electric is basking in glory for its latest development, the TOKUFASTbot, a.k.a. the TOKUI Fast Accurate Synchronized Motion Testing Robot, which set a new record for solving a Rubik's cube in only 0.305 seconds.

The TOKUFASTbot achieved this feat on May 21, and GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS was there to witness it, awarding it yet another plaque immortalizing its feat.

According to Mitsubishi Electric, the bot can make a 90° rotation in 0.009 seconds thanks to its rotation mechanism, which uses the new compact, signal-responsive servomotors.

Moreover, it was also equipped with a new color-recognition algorithm to help solve the 3x3 standard cube while also employing AI technology.

In Three Blinks of an Eye, a Rubik's Cube Can be Solved

Mitsubishi's latest feat was shown on video, and in its real-time solving, it may seem like the bot magically did it. According to Soma Technology, a human eye can blink as fast as 100 milliseconds, and this robot can do it in only three blinks and 0.005 seconds.

Rubik's Cube and Its Record Time Solved

For many years now, various developments have been behind robots' solving of various developments have been behind robots' solving of the famed Rubik's cube, and different feats have demonstrated their capabilities and delivered new world records. In 2016, the fastest way for a robot to solve Rubik's cube was in less than a second, with Adam Beer's Sub1 bot doing it in only 0.887 seconds.

Later, it solved the standard 3x3 cube in only 0.637 seconds, but its reign as the fastest bot was quickly beaten in two years. This is due to the collaboration between MIT robotics student Ben Katz and software developer Jean Di Carlo, who created a new robot that could beat the said record with only 0.38 seconds to complete.

However, the renowned Japanese tech company's robot development also triumphed this time, and while it remained at the 0.38 frame, it could also be faster. That said, Mitsubishi Electric stepped up again to deliver this faster and more capable machine called TOKUFASTbot, which saved more time and set a new record of only 0.305 for the cube.