Overview of Rubik's Cube and Reflections on Its Application in Mechanism

作     者：Da-Xing Zeng Ming Li Juan-Juan Wang Yu-Lei Hou Wen-Juan Lu Zhen Huang 

作者机构：School of Mechanical EngineeringYanshan University 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering》 (中国机械工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第31卷第4期

页      面：9-20页

核心收录：

学科分类：0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 080203[工学-机械设计及理论] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 0822[工学-轻工技术与工程] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51775473) Hebei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.E2018203140) Hebei Provincial System Construction Project of Guide Program for Technology Innovation(Grant No.18241905D) 

主　　题：Rubik's Cube Scientific research Mechanical art Application and prospects 

摘      要：Rubik’s Cube is a widely popular mechanical puzzle that has attracted attention around the world because of its unique characteristics. As a classic brain-training toy well known to the public, Rubik’s Cube was used for scientific research and technology development by many scholars. This paper provides a basic understanding of the Rubik’s Cube and shows its mechanical art from the aspects of origin and development, characteristics, research status and especially its mechanical engineering design, as well as making a vision for the application in mechanism. First, the invention and origin of Rubik’s Cube are presented, and then the special characteristics of the cube itself are *** that, the present researches of Rubik’s Cube are reviewed in various disciplines at home and abroad, including the researches of Rubik’s Cube scientific metaphors, reduction algorithms, characteristic applications, and mechanism issues. Finally, the applications and prospects of Rubik’s Cube in the field of mechanism are discussed.