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元器件交易网讯 3月14日消息，据报道，在周六举行的魔方大爆炸博览会上，Cubestormer 3机器人将尝试打破机器人破解魔方世界纪录。此款机器人配备的是三星Galaxy S4智能手机中ARM处理器，由ARM公司首席工程师Gilday和安全系统工程师麦克道布森共同设计。而破解魔方世界纪录由它的前身CubeStormer II所创造，为5.27秒。
老版本的机器人使用了三星Galaxy S2智能手机中Exynos 4双应用处理器。智能手机的处理器采集数据然后控制机械手进行操作。本周末Cubestormer 3将使用Galaxy S4中配备的Cortex -A7处理器。预计新的机器人运行速度将比前代快三倍左右要。
除了要打破机器人最快破解魔方的纪录，Gilday还想创造另外的纪录。他要用配备华为登高P6智能手机的海思K3V2E处理器的机器人最快完成破解4x4x4的魔方，他也准备将设置一个时间段完成对9x9x9魔方的破解。
“尝试打破纪录只是我们的一点乐趣。我们真正的重点是要证明技术可以以任何方式应用，我们想激发年轻人对科学、技术、工程和数学的兴趣，”Gilday说。
（元器件交易网 白玉涛译）
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A robot with its "intelligence"provided by the ARM processor in a Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone will attempt to break the Guinness World Records title for solving a Rubik"s Cube at the Big Bang Fair being held at the NEC in Birmingham on Saturday (March 15).
The current record of 5.27 seconds was set just over two years ago by its predecessor CubeStormer II.
The robot called Cubestormer 3 was built by co-designers David Gilday, a principal engineer at ARM, and Mike Dobson, a security systems engineer for Securi-Plex.
“The record-breaking attempt is a bit of fun for us. Our real focus is to demonstrate what can be achieved with readily-available technology to inspire young minds into taking a greater interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” said David Gilday.
“We"re already seeing robot technology deployed widely in the manufacturing industry but there is now potential for robots to cope with disruption. You can easily imagine a robot able to deal with minor surgical procedures or perhaps even a Michelin-starred robot chef?” said Gilday.
See CUBESTORMER 3 in training
The smartphone"s processor analyses the cube and instruct four robotic hands to do the manipulations.
The older robot used a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 based Samsung Electronics" Exynos 4 Dual application processor in a Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone.
This weekend Cubestormer 3 will use a Galaxy S4 equipped with an Exynos 5 Octa application processor with an eight-core ARM big.LITTLE implementation featuring four Cortex-A15 and four Cortex-A7 processors.
There are also ARM9 processors in the eight Lego Mindstorms EV3 bricks which perform the motor sequencing and control.
“The new robot can think three times faster than its older brother,” said Dominic Vergine, head of corporate responsibility at ARM.
Cubestormer 3 is expected to draw equal attention on-line and from the crowds expected at this year"s Big Bang Fair. Guinness World Records editor-in-chief , Craig Glenday, will be present to adjudicate at the event.
Alongside the fastest robot to complete a Rubik"s Cube attempt, David Gilday is looking to set two further world records with other ARM-based robots. The first, for the quickest completion of a 4x4x4 cube using his MultiCuber 3 robot based on a Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone based on Hisilicon"s K3V2E processor. He will also attempt to set a time for completing a 9x9x9 cube, the first time a robot has attempted this.
