Robotpocolyps is upon us

By FrigginRandom on March 2nd, 2010 in Articles | Comments

The Rubik’s Cube was invented by Erno Rubik during dubya-dubya two. He wasn’t trying to create a toy, he was trying to solve a structural design problem. “How could the blocks move independantly without falling apart?” was the question that he asked himself. He created a cube comprised of 26 individual cubes. To make the cube blocks stick together, he used colored paper which made the blocks stick. As he started to move the cube around, he wondered if he could put all the colors back again. That’s how it all started. The original Rubik’s Cube has over 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 permutations, that’s 43 quadrillion. Almost as much money as Google has and much more than I ever will have.

Then came the computer and robot cube solvers. People from all over the world created programs and robots to solve the Rubik’s Cube. Though most were sub-optimal, this one seems to have cracked the code. It can solve the Rubik’s Cube in under twelve seconds. What’s impressive is that this was made with a kids toy, the LEGO Mindstorm .

This is the first step in robot world domination. First they entertain us, solving puzzles that would take, in my case, months to solve. Then, they start running our errands and doing our daily chores. Before you know it, they all look like Arnold and turn on us. We will be hunted by SkyNet ’till every last one of us is gone. Unless, someone goes back in time to save John Connor.

So, next time you look at a Rubik’s Cube, just remind yourself that, one day, you will have robot overlords. They will hunt you down and instead of having cat pictures all over the web, they will be people pictures… icanhaspeople.