An Operator Who Controls the Arm
A trained operator stays at the control box for every round and can stop the arm at once, while the host looks after players.
Robot Basketball Games · Dubai & GCC
Lazulite rents Robotic Arm Basketball, a game where an industrial robotic arm holds the hoop and shifts it while guests shoot. Sensors count baskets and misses, and a screen behind the hoop shows the score. Our crew runs it across the GCC.
Shot in the air
Hoop on the move
Score screenQuick facts
Robotic Arm Basketball is a shooting game where an industrial robotic arm carries the basket. The hoop shifts during play, so players must read its path. Scoring is automatic.
15,000+
Shots Taken Against the Arm
20+
Arm Shooting Routines Programmed
2,500+
Challenge Rounds Scored On Screen
240+
Show Hours Run by the Arm
A booking covers the arm, base, hoop, score display, game software and branded screen content, plus transport, base build, testing, removal and crew.
An IR sensor at the basket registers every ball that drops through. A LiDAR sensor watches the display, so a ball hitting the screen counts as a miss. Points update in real time.
The structure stands 3,281 mm tall and spans 6,000 mm, on a 4,200 mm base. The display is 1,518 by 1,018 mm at 600 by 400 pixels, fed MP4 over HDMI.
The arm follows a programmed path, slow for children or faster for experienced players. Most rounds run 45 to 60 seconds, an estimate agreed in the brief.
Choose a configuration
Moving Hoop Challenge
The standard game: the arm carries the hoop along a set path while each guest shoots.
Key features
Typical uses
| Type | Shooting game with a hoop held by an industrial robotic arm |
|---|---|
| Scoring | IR sensor for baskets, LiDAR sensor for misses on the display |
| Display | 1,518 by 1,018 mm screen at 600 by 400 pixels |
| Content | MP4 video over HDMI; game data over LAN |
| Mounting | Floor-mounted on a rigid, level base |
| Size | 6,000 mm across overall, 4,200 mm base, 3,281 mm tall |
| Network | 2.4 GHz listed in the live specification |
| Power and setup time | Arm on three-phase 32 A near 22 kW, display near 150 W; installs take about a day and a half |
Figures come from the live spec. The guarded zone, throw line and crew size are fixed at the site survey.
Delivered at
A tech brand can set the arm at the front of an island stand, so the aisle sees the hoop move.
A sportswear store can run timed rounds through opening weekend, with vouchers for top shooters.
Faculties or houses can compete in a shootout while the host keeps team totals on screen.
Rental covers the full set, balls, a standard arm path, your screen graphics, crew, transport and removal.
A custom package adds new hoop paths, difficulty steps, branded score screens and a base wrap. Your files stay on record for a repeat event.
The base goes down first, then the arm is placed, levelled and tested with live shots. Removal usually runs overnight after closing.
A trained operator stays at the control box for every round and can stop the arm at once, while the host looks after players.
Our Dubai Production City team has worked shows in all six Gulf states since 2016.
Our workshop tests the scoring sensors, arm path and emergency stop before every dispatch.
Trusted by: Sports brands, Technology exhibitors, Universities, Agencies
Together we set who will play, the prizes, the round length and how fast the hoop travels.
Designers build branded MP4 screens, and our programmer sets the hoop's path.
The crew shoots full rounds on the real set and tests every stop.
Engineers lay the base, place the arm and fence the zone; the host then runs play.
We dismantle the set and email a summary of high scores and rounds played.
Plan an indoor area about 6 metres across, plus the throw line, a queue and watchers outside the guarded zone. We draw the layout at the site survey.
The arm draws about 22.08 kW from a 32 A three-phase feed. The display takes a separate single-phase line of about 150 W. Book both, and the listed 2.4 GHz network, early.
The arm needs a rigid, level floor. We build a reinforced MDF base and check raised floors and floor loads with the venue.
ISO 10218-2 is the international standard for industrial robot cells. Following its guarding principle, our barrier keeps people beyond the arm's reach, and the operator holds the emergency stop.
Show days, opening hours, screen branding and any new arm path set the base cost. Travel, overnight builds and extra crew add to it.
The standard game with your graphics costs least and is ready sooner. Custom hoop paths and a branded base cost more.
A second leaderboard screen, prize handling, consented sign-ups and longer hours are optional lines.
These are planning estimates before VAT, still to be confirmed by finance. Budget roughly AED 18,000 to 32,000 for one show day and AED 32,000 to 65,000 over two to four days. A custom or touring run sits near AED 65,000 to 130,000.
Budget bands
Compact
One show day, stock game, roughly AED 18,000 to 32,000
Standard
A branded game over several days, roughly AED 32,000 to 65,000
Flagship
Custom paths or a touring run, roughly AED 65,000 to 130,000
Rent vs custom
| Metric | Rent | Custom build |
|---|---|---|
| Speed to launch | Higher | Lower |
| Upfront investment | Lower | Higher |
| Brand uniqueness | Lower | Higher |
| Reuse value | Lower | Higher |
Rent
The tested game in your colours
Custom build
Your paths and your look
With Robotic Arm Basketball, guests play against a moving hoop all day. The Kuka Robotic Arms show is a routine of three arms carrying LED frames that guests watch. The game usually costs less per day.
Pick the game when you want guests to play, queue and come back.
Pick the arm show for one staged moment, such as a launch reveal.
Passing visitors stay longer at a game; seated audiences suit the show.
A reaction wall gives the queue a second challenge.
Can't find your answer? Speak with our Dubai team.
A floor-mounted industrial robotic arm holds the basket and moves it while the guest shoots. An IR sensor registers each ball through the hoop, and a LiDAR sensor counts balls hitting the display as misses. The score updates live on the screen behind the basket.
Let's build it together
Share where the game will stand, your show days, likely footfall and any prize. We reply with a floor plan showing the guarded zone, a crew plan and a cost estimate. Whoever tests the arm in our workshop also runs it on your floor. Phone or message us on WhatsApp to start.
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