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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 ...

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 ...