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This document describes a 3D printed Rubik's Cube solving robot that is powered by a Raspberry Pi. It has four arms with grippers that can solve a scrambled Rubik's Cube. The robot is fully 3D printed except for electronics and hardware components. It takes over 70 hours and over $200 of materials to print and assemble.

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Fully 3D-Printed Rubik's Cube Solving Robot by otvinta3d is licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - No Derivatives license.
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# Summary

https://youtu.be/P5tbpXMmv6A

This 3D-printed Raspberry Pi-powered Rubik’s Cube solving robot has everything any
serious robot does -- arms, servos, gears, vision, artificial intelligence, and a
task to complete. If you want to introduce robotics to your kids or your students,
this is the perfect machine for it.

This one-eyed four-armed giant stands 35cm (14") tall. 70 hours of print time and
an entire spool of filament are needed to print it, not to mention over $200 worth
of hardware, but once fully operational, it will surely wow your friends and
neighbors. Scramble your Rubik's cube, place it in the robot’s grippers, press a
button, and then sit back and watch this amazingly smart and stunningly beautiful
machine put it back together. Watch the video!

This robot is fully 3D-printable. Other that the servos, servo horns, camera,
electronics and a few dozen bolts and nuts, it has no traditionally manufactured
parts. Absolutely no soldering or breadboarding is required.

Printed Parts List:

<table border="1">
<tr><th>Item</th><th>Qty</th><th>Print Time (min.)</th><th>Total Time
(min.)</th><th>Filament (gr.)</th><th>Total Filament(gr.)</th></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_arm</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">186</td><td
align="right">744</td><td align="right">54.44</td><td
align="right">217.76</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_slider</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">145</td><td
align="right">580</td><td align="right">32.26</td><td
align="right">129.04</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_pinion</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">21</td><td
align="right">84</td><td align="right">5.03</td><td align="right">20.12</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_rack</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">46</td><td
align="right">184</td><td align="right">13.96</td><td align="right">55.84</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_corner</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">55</td><td
align="right">440</td><td align="right">15.68</td><td
align="right">125.44</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_gripper</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">38</td><td
align="right">152</td><td align="right">7.16</td><td align="right">28.64</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_leg</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">271</td><td
align="right">542</td><td align="right">82.37</td><td
align="right">164.74</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_nut</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">15</td><td
align="right">60</td><td align="right">1.65</td><td align="right">6.6</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_long_bolt</td><td align="right">2</td><td
align="right">88</td><td align="right">176</td><td align="right">6.13</td><td
align="right">12.26</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_short_bolt</td><td align="right">2</td><td
align="right">84</td><td align="right">168</td><td align="right">6.17</td><td
align="right">12.34</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_rod</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">79</td><td
align="right">632</td><td align="right">4.96</td><td align="right">39.68</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_clamp_half1</td><td align="right">4</td><td
align="right">13</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right">2.98</td><td
align="right">11.92</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_clamp_half2</td><td align="right">4</td><td
align="right">13</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right">2.91</td><td
align="right">11.64</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_camera_holder</td><td align="right">1</td><td
align="right">132</td><td align="right">132</td><td align="right">37.69</td><td
align="right">37.69</td></tr>
<tr><td>rcr_camera_cover</td><td align="right">1</td><td
align="right">30</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">8.64</td><td
align="right">8.64</td></tr>
</table>

Total Print Time: 4,028 min. (67 hours 8 min.)

Total Filament at 20% infill: 882 gr.

For the list of hardware component, detailed assembly instructions and other
important information, please visit this robot's dedicated web site at <a
href="http://www.rcr3d.com">http://www.rcr3d.com</a>.

Update (2018-02-08): 
If your 3D printer has a large enough print platform, print 2 of
rcr_4corners.stl instead of 8 of rcr_corner.stl

# How I Designed This

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The only gear mechanism this robot employs is a rack-n-pinion to provide linear
motion to its arms. This tutorial, created by us, explains how to quickly design a
rack-n-pinion mechanism is Blender.

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This video explains how to design threaded objects, such as the large 3D-printable
bolts and nuts used by this robot, in Blender.