photoxelsWhat do Engineers do for fun? Paolo Robuffo Giordano and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, take a robot arm, the type usually found in amusement parks, and convert it into the CyberMotion Simulator which can realistically replicate the experience of driving a Ferrari without actually having to buy one.
Players sit on a chair bolted to the arm about 7 feet off the ground, view a projected screen and gets whipped around as they navigate the virtual race course on the screen. The game is realistic, with the arm simulating the motion you’d feel in a race car as you brake, turn, accelerate, and otherwise endeavor to burn some serious tires. Sound effects thrown in for free. Take a peek at the video for yourself.
From spectrummag
There’s no reason why you shouldn’t be seeing a version of this in an arcade near you soon.
source popsci
Besides photography, we’re a great fan or anything robotic around here, so couldn’t resist putting this video up. We imagine a time when all this technology will converge and help us in any field. Imagine a virtual photography tutorial [we can’t think of why we’d need to get the robotic arm, though it would be cool] where you can learn to take pictures in various scenes and lighting situation, whether panning at a virtual race course or shooting at a dark rock concert. Depending on the settings and angle you choose, you’d get the appropriate feedback on your pictures.
