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Robots Build Rubik’s Cubes in Their Home Country

In this lesson: Separate the wooden prototype from modern automated production and interpret annually.

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Read the story

Ernő Rubik attended the opening of an automated production line in Jászberény, Hungary, on November 10. Robotic arms assemble the cubes and check how well they work.

Rubik developed his first wooden version in 1974. The new line aims to produce one million cubes annually; that figure is a target, not a completed year’s output.

Source: Associated Press via Industrial Equipment News, 2026-11-13. https://www.ien.com/operations/news/22978405/rubiks-cube-production-comes-home

Read and practise

1. What was made in 1974?

   1. The new automated production line
   2. Rubik’s first wooden version
   3. One million finished cubes at the new line

2. What period does annually describe in the production target?

   1. Each year
   2. Each month
   3. Over the whole period since 1974

Your turn

Explain how the new line differs from the first version, and give its target with the correct time period.

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