[HN Gopher] Jigsaw Puzzle Robot [pdf]
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       Jigsaw Puzzle Robot [pdf]
        
       Author : kickofline
       Score  : 69 points
       Date   : 2024-07-13 17:04 UTC (5 days ago)
        
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       | shagie wrote:
       | This PDF credits include Mark Roper. The corresponding video is:
       | Mark Roper - My Puzzle Robot is 200x Faster Than a Human
       | https://youtu.be/Sqr-PdVYhY4
        
         | tgarv wrote:
         | Small correction: It's Mark Rober, not Roper
        
           | shagie wrote:
           | A typo I can no longer correct. That will be a thorn in my
           | side now.
           | 
           | Mark Rother. There (and yes, that's very wrong).
        
         | pavel_lishin wrote:
         | As well as Shane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsPHBD5NsS0
        
         | smlacy wrote:
         | Which is basically a total rip-off of the Stuff Made Here
         | version where the actual engineering process is the highlight,
         | not Rober's shilling.
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu_1S77XkiM
        
           | aeontech wrote:
           | That video is linked literally in the first paragraph of the
           | PDF.
           | 
           | The video also starts with him acknowledging the Stuff Made
           | Here version, and the fact that the developer of that project
           | said he wasn't totally satisfied with his solution.
           | 
           | I think calling it a rip-off is a bit harsh.
        
             | sgerenser wrote:
             | He also pointed out that the Stuff Made Here video came out
             | well _after_ they had already started.
        
       | JDW1023 wrote:
       | Code of the said robot on github:
       | https://github.com/roksenhorn/puzzle-bot
        
       | 05 wrote:
       | See also: Worlds hardest jigsaw vs. puzzle machine (all white) by
       | Stuff Made Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsPHBD5NsS0
        
         | datameta wrote:
         | Yes, I was introduced to the concept through this project
         | first.
        
       | imtringued wrote:
       | I once tried a puzzle with a significant amount of almost
       | completely black pieces. It was faster to just brute force the
       | pieces than to even bother looking at their shape. All you do is
       | sort the pieces by the number of tabs/holes, look at a specific
       | spot you want to fill and then mindlessly try every eligible
       | piece.
        
         | pimlottc wrote:
         | This is basically my end game strategy for puzzles once all the
         | parts with distinguishing patterns has been solved and you're
         | left with e.g. a bunch of blue sky pieces. It's a bit dull,
         | especially the sorting st the beginning, but it gets
         | satisfyingly faster as you near the end and the number of
         | candidates gets progressively smaller.
        
       | deelowe wrote:
       | What's the connection with shopify?
        
         | i-am-gizm0 wrote:
         | Looks like the PDF was uploaded to his crunchlabs.com site,
         | which is hosted by Shopify.
         | 
         | With a bit of digging, I believe this is the source Google Doc:
         | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BUCGdZCe8JevGYF3pJ4ZjPqp...
        
       | utahcon wrote:
       | Was literally talking to my friend about this concept yesterday
        
       | davio wrote:
       | This sounds like the perfect leetcode style toxic interview
       | problem
        
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