Torus knot designs using a Rubik’s snake
- International Robotics & Automation Journal
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Songming Hou,1
Jianning Su2
Abstract
A Rubik’s Snake is a toy that was invented over 40 years ago together with the more famous
Rubik’s Cube. It can be twisted to many interesting shapes including knots. In this paper,
we study Rubik’s Snake torus knot designs. The general solutions are given for all torus
knots T(2,n), T(3,n) and T(4,n). Some more challenging constructions are also provided.
Keywords
torus knot designs, Rubik’s snake