Robotic technology could perhaps be the driving force behind the future amusement parks! In a major breakthrough, robotics manufacturer Kuka has designed a robotic arm that could allow swaying the latched people in almost infinite variety of patterns making these rides hilarious and thrilling than ever before! Conventionally, these instruments have been operating on the principles of oscillation, centrifuge, frictional drag or at the most, hydraulics. The major disadvantage of these instruments is that they perform mechanized motions in predefined patterns – something sort of ‘getting used to’, thus losing their ‘fear factor’ after some time! With robotic arms, these instruments could be twisted, turned and whirled at several joints in unpredictable patterns, thus making the chill run down the spine of the onlooker and the rider every new time.
Certainly, with these ones, crowd could never dry up at the amusement parks! However, care needs to be taken as these rides could prove fatal in case of heart patients and even the able-bodied if they are scheduled for too long.
Source: Techblog