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Rubik's Robot
Courtesy of OpenAI
Solving a Rubik’s Cube is hard. But this robotic hand did it one-handed! Instead of being programmed to solve the colorful puzzle, the robot learned how to do it with artificial intelligence (AI). This type of software can learn and make decisions in a similar way to how humans do. To teach the robot AI, scientists built a computer model that simulated more than 10,000 possible puzzle-solving movements.
There isn’t much demand for robots that solve Rubik’s Cubes, but its inventors at OpenAI say this AI could learn to do jobs that require complex hand movements.
The robot solves a Rubik’s Cube in an average of 20 moves. But it’s correct only 60% of the time. If the robot makes 125 attempts, how many times would you expect it to correctly solve the puzzle? Record your work and answer on our Numbers in the News answer sheet.
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