If you’re anything like us, you think a Rubik’s cube is an intellectual torture device that can only be solved with the use of dark magic or Faustian bargains made at crossroads. And yet, many people are capable of solving the puzzle so quickly that it looks almost easy. Even robots can solve them through the methodical application of known techniques. But most of those robots are design specifically for that task. This robot built by OpenAI is able to solve a Rubik’s cube using just one hand that is normally intended for general purpose use.
