F1 Simulator Installed into Giant Robotic Arm

This CyberMotion Simulator is intended to realistically replicate the experience of driving a Ferrari without actually having to buy one. Players sit in a cabin on a robot arm about 7 feet off the ground and drive a Ferrari F2007 car around a projected track. The robot arm, a type usually found in amusement parks, whips the driver around to simulate the Ferrari's motion. You can hear the robot whine as the driver tries to turn at high speed. The researchers at the Max Planck Institute, Germany wanted to use a robotic arm as a motion simulator with the goal of understanding how humans experience the sensation of motion. The robotic arm was used because, unlike other simulators, it allows users to be freely displaced in six degrees of freedom in space and even be placed upside-down. Check out the video: