Quote Originally Posted by m_c View Post
Robot arms are used in industry, but I don't think I've ever seen one for sale, and they probably go by a different name.
m_c, There now appears to be a fairly large market for second hand six axis robots. Take a look at http://www.globalrobots.com/. Not cheap though starting at £3,000 +vat. (This is my first post but I promise I am not affiliated to these guys in any way!)

Web Goblin, I have seen that beast at Braehead looks like fun but if you do a search in Youtube for '6 axis robot' the first video that comes up is some loonies strapping themselves on to a car seat mounted on the end of one of these things.