More than 50 years after its invention, the Rubik’s Cube is being manufactured in Hungary again, with a new automated production line launched in the country where the iconic puzzle was first created.
Inventor Ernő Rubik, now 82, unveiled the facility in Jászberény, which is expected to produce up to one million cubes a year using robotic arms to assemble and test the puzzles.
Rubik first developed the cube in 1974 while teaching design in Budapest, using 27 wooden blocks to create a three-dimensional puzzle. First sold in Hungary as the Magic Cube in 1977, it went on to become a worldwide phenomenon, with around 200 million sold during its first major boom between 1980 and 1983.