Brute force robot cracks combination locks

Samy Kamkar recently published the blueprints and software code for a 3D-printable Arduinio-powered combination lock-opening robot.

Dubbed “Combo Breaker,” the ‘bot is capable of opening combination locks in under five minutes, although the cracking process can be reduced to just 30 seconds by determining the first number that offers resistance.

“The machine pretty much brute-forces the lock for…