N95 and LEGO solve a 4x4x4 Rubik's cube
Published by Rafe Blandford at 20:22 GMT, February 1st 2010
ARM has posted a video to their YouTube Channel showing a Nokia N95, coupled with LEGO Mindstorm NXT kit and LEGO Technic pieces, solving a 4x4x4 Rubik's cube. The N95's camera is used to identify the layout of the colour squares and work out the moves necessary to solve the puzzle. The N95 then instructs the LEGO model on the moves to make.
From YouTube:
"Possibly the first ever 4x4x4 LEGO Rubik's Cube solver? This Rubik's Cube solver was designed and programmed using a Nokia N95 mobile phone, a LEGO Mindstorms NXT and lots of LEGO technic pieces."
The 4x4x4 Rubik's cube is significantly more difficult to solve than the standard 3x3 cube.
And you thought the N95 was just a phone...
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News Discussion
GJW
Genius! Thanks for the link.
snoFlake
Love it.
Unregistered
A truly incredible feat! But how does the N95 instruct the NXT since there weren't any cables attached to the phone? Is it by bluetooth or WiFi? Any enlightenment will be greatly appreciated, Thank you.
seki
".. This is a Java application running on the Nokia N95. This communicates with the NXT using a simple control program via Bluetooth..." from an earlier (3x3x3) version.
Micky!
This is a Java application running on the Nokia N95. This communicates with the NXT using a simple control program via Bluetooth. The embedded camera in the N95 is used to capture an image of each face of the cube. The application then processes these images to determine the colour of each piece of the cube. Then the solution is worked out in a couple of seconds resulting in a sequence of approximately 30 moves. The N95 then transmits these moves one at a time to the NXT to solve the puzzle. This normally takes 3-4 minutes in real-time.
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raffmonster
It was never a phone , it was a highly converged pocketable multimedia device which had telephony as a feature.
The 8GB version,in my opinion was 'the best it could get'. And it showed the world that keyboarded devices still have the oomph.
Highly preferred over 'touch' devices.
"Is this what computers have become"
Original N95 tagline
The 8GB version,in my opinion was 'the best it could get'. And it showed the world that keyboarded devices still have the oomph.
Highly preferred over 'touch' devices.
"Is this what computers have become"
Original N95 tagline
clonmult
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Originally Posted by raffmonster
It was never a phone , it was a highly converged pocketable multimedia device which had telephony as a feature.
The 8GB version,in my opinion was 'the best it could get'. And it showed the world that keyboarded devices still have the oomph. Highly preferred over 'touch' devices. "Is this what computers have become" Original N95 tagline |
I still don't even begin to feel that the N85 is an upgrade over the hardware of the N95, although the UI improvements are kinda nice.
pintofale
A strange marketing approach for ARM - an old processor, and running portable Java, so it would have worked just the same on an Intel or Motty processor core. More like an advert for 1) Lego, 2) Ebay (bargain N95s), 3) Rubik's Cubes!
raffmonster
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Originally Posted by pintofale
A strange marketing approach for ARM - an old processor, and running portable Java, so it would have worked just the same on an Intel or Motty processor core. More like an advert for 1) Lego, 2) Ebay (bargain N95s), 3) Rubik's Cubes!
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@clonmult
N82= imaging,soft speakers, 2.4"screen,lens cover,Xenon
N95=Multimedia,content creation,2.6"upgraded to 2.8" with no lens cover,single LED,Boom Boom speakers.
N85=N86=similar hardware,aiming for N95,let down by OS stability issues,OLED(pain in sunlight),form factor dual slide became old,no advances in screen size
Result N95=allrounder
N82=party photographer,digicam pwner.
clonmult
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Originally Posted by raffmonster
It was just a demo of what a modern smartphone is capable of.
@clonmult N82= imaging,soft speakers, 2.4"screen,lens cover,Xenon N95=Multimedia,content creation,2.6"upgraded to 2.8" with no lens cover,single LED,Boom Boom speakers. N85=N86=similar hardware,aiming for N95,let down by OS stability issues,OLED(pain in sunlight),form factor dual slide became old,no advances in screen size Result N95=allrounder N82=party photographer,digicam pwner. |
v30 and later on the N85 firmware is pretty stable though, I'll give them that.
Problem is that they got it so right with the N95, all the changes they've made haven't given any real world benefits at all.
Unregistered
Why is this based on a 4 years old phone?
Unregistered
Because it is still the ideal
Unregistered
and still one of the best non-touchscreen non-qwerty phone..!!