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Rubik’s Cube Is Made in Hungary Again

A new production line uses robots.

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Source: Associated Press via Industrial Equipment News, 2026-11-13.

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In this lesson: Locate the new production line and identify the robots’ two jobs.

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Read and understand · 1/2Where did the new production line open?

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In Hungary. Hungary is explicitly named as the location.

Clue: A new Rubik’s Cube production line opened in Hungary on November 10. Robotic arms put the puzzles together and test them.

Read and understand · 2/2What do the robotic arms do?

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Put the puzzles together and test them. Both assembly and testing are stated; neither job should be omitted.

Clue: A new Rubik’s Cube production line opened in Hungary on November 10. Robotic arms put the puzzles together and test them.

Grammar in this story: A repeated yearly goal

plans to make

Plans to describes intended production. It does not say a million cubes have already been made.

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Describe the new line’s work and its yearly plan.

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The new Hungarian line uses robotic arms to put Rubik’s Cubes together and test them. It plans to make one million cubes a year.

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