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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The RoboCoaster G2 has a number of degrees of freedom: the arm has a full range of motion while ...

It wowed them at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions show last year, and it is scheduled to make its North American debut at Legoland California March 25. The RoboCoaster, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The mechanical love-child of an industrial assembler and articulated centrifuge, a Robocoaster can flick, flip, and spin riders better than any traditional coaster could. Our friends at Oobject.com ...

The next generation of white-knuckle theme park rides, promising people a more realistic sensation of blasting off and floating through space than existing ones, is being developed by infrastructure ...

People can choose the speed and motion they want - the highest level is dubbed "Raging Bull" because of its dramatic turns and spins. Margaret O'Sullivan, from Star City, said: "It picks you up and it ...