#cubr

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Ústřední telekomunikační budova | František Cubr, Josef Hrubý, Zdeněk Pokorný, František Štráchal, Vladimír Oulík | 1980

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A Rubik's Cube solver written in Python that uses webcam input (through OpenCV) to read the starting configuration of a shuffled cube and then guides you through the solution

Cubr is a project I completed in three weeks at the end of my introductory computer science class at CMU. The idea is simple: you mix up a Rubik’s cube. You show the cube to your computer’s webcam. Some magic happens, and your cube appears onscreen. Then, the cube begins to solve itself, and all you have to do is follow along and you will have solved your cube!

Here’s the web version. The web version is missing webcam integration for now.

Here’s a video presentation:

More read: http://www.attendly.com/linux-founder-linus-torvalds-delivers-a-smackdown-like-no-other/