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Hacker Builds Sudoku-Solving LEGO Puzzlebot

by Warren Riddle on August 27, 2009 at 04:16 PM


The advent of automated assembly lines, besides allowing for mass production of various wares, saved humans from long, arduous hours, physical exhaustion, lost digits, and other various labor-related injuries. But creating robots to perform difficult human jobs just wasn't enough. People have apparently grown so incredibly lazy that they can't even play games for themselves, anymore.

According to the Escapist, Swedish hacker and lazy gamer Hans Andersson used a LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit to build a robot that can accurately solve Sudoku number puzzles. The Sudoku-bot uses an optical scanner and character-recognition software to process the puzzle before filling in the blank squares with an attached pen-limb.


If this isn't the last tedious, mind-numbing straw that finally breaks rebellious robots' backs and leads to the destruction of humanity, then you'd at least better prepare yourselves for the annoying and depressing hordes of sarcastic, complaining, and unfulfilled robots that will undoubtedly slouch through the streets. [From: The Escapist]

Tags: ai, fun, games, lego mindstorms nxt, LegoMindstormsNxt, novelty, robot, Sudoku, top, weird

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