Dance with robots, Robotic dance ride at Futuroscope, France
Dance with Robots is a 1,265 m² ballroom inside the 2,000 m² Robots Pavilion at Futuroscope, holding ten KUKA robocoasters: seven-metre articulated arms with six joints each. Visitors ride in pods mounted on the robot wrists, now three-seat pods since the 2023–2024 change, while a large screen hangs above the circular platform.
The attraction opened in April 2006 as part of Futuroscope's robot season and underwent updates in 2012 with DJ Martin Solveig and new musical selections. This refresh connected the original robot technology with contemporary music elements.
The ride's soundtrack has twice been curated by outside artists: choreographer Kamel Ouali chose the five songs of the 2006 version, and DJ Martin Solveig selected the playlist for the 2012 reopening, which he inaugurated on 22 December 2012. A mezzanine reached by the left-hand "Je regarde" queue lets non-riders watch the robots from above.
The mezzanine overlooking the dance hall is open to anyone who wants to watch without riding; reach it through the left-hand queue, marked "Je regarde", at the pavilion entrance. Riders choose their intensity level before boarding, and the ten robots depart roughly every three to three and a half minutes.
The ride's ten robotic arms are KUKA industrial machines, each with six joints, able to lift 500 kg and subject riders to 3 g. Since the 2023-2024 changeover they carry three-seat pods, and the old intermediate intensity level was dropped: only beginner and expert remain.
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