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Robocoaster
AnswerIs42 writes "Got the announcement thru work email.. but a German company name Kuka has a very unique ride they are demonstrating. It has all the thrills, chills, loops, twists, puke factor of a rollercoaster.. but it only needs 11x12 meters of space! What they did is take a material handling robot (like you would find in any automotive plant) and put 2 seats on it. They also gave it a clever name: Robocoaster. I have a start of a review here, and will post more once I actually go and ride the sucker next month in Detroit. With everything it can do and more... it could start replacing rollercoasters.. perhaps?"
"11x12 metres of space"?
Is this ride only for 2D people. I'm gonna wait until they invent a 3D version.
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When you think of a giant robot arm grabbing you and flinging you around...well, they might as well just have the robot connect straight to your butt with a special adapter.
This could be the beginning of machines enslaving humans. Instead of killing us, they just grab us two at a time and shake us until we're really confused.
About the only reason to go to that area of the park, unless you're into staggeringly overpriced shopping and dining. And, yes, I realize that "staggeringly overpriced" and Disney go together like ham and cheese...
Roving Web-Teleoperated Robot
Sure. Until it flings you across the room....
When I saw the "Robocoaster" headline, I immediately thought of an AI controlled drink coaster on little wheels that would roll along the table and bring your drink to you.
I guess the "fake roller coaster" thing is kinda cool too though...
Build boards not bombs
So now I am waiting for a comment saying that we have slashdotted their server and crashed their coaster.
America : Japan
CRT : LCD
SUV : Compact hybrid
Rollercoaster: Robocoaster
It's all about lack of space, apparently. Although you would think that the Japanese would choose to invest in giant mecha to CRUSH THE GAIJIN COASTERS TO DUST!!!!
(Then again, that might not be polite.)
I had a "Mexican wave" once. Next time I'm in Tijuana, the only liquid I'll drink is Tequila.
Yes. There's nothing walmart employees enjoy more than cleaning up children's vomit hurled around the room from the centripetal forces from a spinning robocoaster.
so what if it uses windows. that is part of the thrill :0)
Somehow, I suspect that if RoboCoaster turned the car upside down, you'd fall out. Unless they've created a gravity generator.
Or a seatbelt.
My thoughts exactly. Who wants to "ride" a paint shaker?
My wife would think it was pretty fun.
Any chair can do this if you throw them it out of a six story building.
The 6G turn comes at the end.
If your bitterest enemies are people who hack the heads off civilians, then I would say you're doing something right.
hey, on the manufacture's site, it says this thing runs on windows. what would happen if it BSODs in the middle of a ride?
They use a code -- ask for The PaintShaker!
They'll know what you want.
Keep your packets off my GNU/Girlfriend!
A seatbelt? They don't even install those on galaxy-class starships! Now THAT is luxury.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
When you go around a tight turn, you're glued to your seat. When you go upside down, you're glued to your seat.
When the ride's really scary, and you've been eating glue, you're glued to your seat....