My Puzzle Robot is 200x Faster Than a Human

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Overview

This video showcases Jigsaw, a puzzle-solving robot built over three years. The robot is significantly faster than humans, capable of solving a 1000-piece puzzle in under four hours. The video details the engineering challenges in replicating human puzzle-solving abilities in a robot, focusing on piece manipulation, pattern recognition, and spatial reasoning. It also features a competition between Jigsaw and Tammy McLeod, a world-record-holding human puzzle solver, highlighting Jigsaw's superior speed and precision. The video concludes by promoting CrunchLabs Hack Pack, a subscription box for building programmable robots.

Introduction of Jigsaw the Puzzle Solving Robot
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  Jigsaw is introduced, a robot designed to solve jigsaw puzzles.
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  The project took three years to develop.
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  Jigsaw boasts a speed 200 times faster than the fastest human puzzle solver.
The Complexity of Human Puzzle Solving
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  Humans perform four complex tasks when solving puzzles: picking up, rotating, positioning, and identifying the correct placement of a piece.
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  Human hands are incredibly dexterous and precise, aided by opposable thumbs.
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  The human arm, combined with the hand, is the most technically capable limb for manipulation.
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  Human vision and brain function allow for rapid pattern recognition and spatial reasoning.
Engineering Jigsaw: Replicating Human Abilities
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  A specialized suction cup replaces the opposable thumb for picking up pieces.
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  A precise donut motor enables accurate piece rotation.
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  Modified Avid CNC router with ClearPath industrial servo motors allows for precise piece movement.
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  Edge analysis and spline matching algorithms were developed to mimic human pattern recognition and spatial reasoning.
Jigsaw vs. Human: The Ultimate Challenge
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  Jigsaw successfully solves a 1000-piece white puzzle in under a minute (computationally) and assembles it in four hours.
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  Tammy McLeod, a world-record-holding puzzle solver, competes against Jigsaw.
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  Despite Tammy's skills, Jigsaw ultimately prevails, showcasing the robot's superior speed and precision.

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Introduction: Jigsaw and its capabilities
Meet Jigsaw, the puzzle-assembling robot.
Time of creation and speed of assembly of the robot.
The purpose of the video is to show the process of creation and competition with a person.
Man vs. Puzzle: Complexity of the Simple
Admiration for the human ability to put together puzzles.
Four stages of human puzzle assembly: grasping, turning, placing, deciding.
The uniqueness of the human brain and its role in assembling puzzles.
The Making of Jigsaw: From Idea to Prototype
The need to repeat evolution to create a puzzle-solving robot.
Implementation of four assembly stages in a robot: grasping, turning, moving, determining the location.
The complexity of implementing the decision-making process by a robot.
Competition and decision: Shane and Ryan
A video about a puzzle-solving robot from Shane from Stuff Made Here has appeared.
Shane's decision to not stop and continue working on his project.
Meeting Ryan, co-founder of Zipline, and his idea for solving the problem.
New approach: focus on form
Ignoring the drawing and concentrating on the shape of the details.
Using a smartphone camera to scan and analyze the shape of parts.
Comparison of the contours of the sides of the parts to find matches.
Finding the right solution and solving the problem of dead-end options.
From Prototype to Record: Jigsaw vs. Tammy
Increase the puzzle complexity to 1000 pieces.
A robot successfully assembles a 1000 piece puzzle.
The need to refine the robot to improve assembly accuracy.
Preparing for a competition with world champion jigsaw puzzler Tammy MacLeod.
Man vs. Machine: The Final Contest
Meet Tammy MacLeod, World Champion Jigsaw Puzzler.
Starting the competition and observing Tammy's tactics.
Four tips from Tammy for new puzzle assemblers.
Jigsaw's victory and the results of the competition.
CrunchLabs HackPack: A New Challenge
Presentation of CrunchLabs HackPack - a kit for creating programmable robots.
Description of HackPack features and a call to subscribe.