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Re:Self-solving Rubik's Cube by justbaker on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:34PM (#18061661)
That's how I solve a partially solved cube when I pick them up -- just look at where it is and what's next, don't worry about how it got there.
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Re:Self-solving Rubik's Cube by jawnv6 on Monday September 24, 2018 @09:46PM (#18062933)
It doesn't have eyes. Or, perhaps more significantly, a way to track the edge and corner cubelets from the initial "solved" position to the current configuration. Face angle isn't enough, you need the path that was taken to get there.
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Re:Self-solving Rubik's Cube by justbaker on Sunday September 30, 2018 @08:58AM (#18105984)
Gotcha, so in other words, it needs the previous spin to help decide what’s next? (It doesn’t have self-perspective)
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