The RoboCoaster G2 has a number of degrees of freedom: the arm has a full range of motion while the seat module at the end of the arm can spin, move side-to-side, or up-and-down. As seen below in this ...

An industrial robot might turn out to be the Next Big Thing at amusement parks. The Robocoaster is essentially a massive robotic arm with a rollercoaster-type harness attached to the end of it: Kuka ...

Imagine shooting it out with bug-eyed monsters while pulling 2 g, and — just to make it interesting — flailing about like a straw in the wind. Sound like fun? Well, thanks to advances in robotics, you ...

Robot Coaster Farnborough Air Show 2008 Dutch design studio, OOOMS do it without electronics Robot Amusement Ride feature on Beyond Tomorrow Robot Surfer ...

Workers at a nearby Jaguar plant in Birmingham helped rescue two men trapped on a car factory robot-based thrill ride. The hydraulically-operated Robocoaster ride at the Star City complex on Wednesday ...

It's not every day a 7.5-metre robotic arm hoists you into the air, thrashes you around -- and expects you to pay for the encounter. But if David Halliday, vice-president and director for special ...