Robots Build Rubik’s Cubes in Their Home Country
The new line combines assembly with testing.
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Source: Associated Press via Industrial Equipment News, 2026-11-13.
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In this lesson: Separate the wooden prototype from modern automated production and interpret annually.
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one million cubes annually
Annually attaches a one-year period to the target. The sentence explicitly says this is not a completed year’s output.
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Explain how the new line differs from the first version, and give its target with the correct time period.
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Rubik’s first version was wooden and dates to 1974. The new automated line uses robotic arms to assemble and check cubes, and aims to produce one million each year.
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