Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Mega Robot Arm Turned into Ferrari F1 Racing Simulator [with Video]


This is by far the coolest thing I'm allowed to say I've seen today. It's a massive robot arm from some future Terminator that's been transformed into a Ferrari F1 simulator... a big one. Look closely and envision yourself in that seat kicking it to some Gran Turismo 5. It's immense.

The CyberMotion Simulator, built at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, in T�bingen, Germany, rides on a theme park-derived Robocoaster arm that can lift 500 kg. But why is it important scientifically?

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