[11:30 Thu,27.March 2025 by Thomas Richter] |
Somewhat in the shadow of the AI revolution are the impressive advances in robotics. Meanwhile, there are humanoid robots that perfectly execute complex human movements and can be used very practically. Now, the large advertising group WPP has joined forces with Boston Dynamics, a pioneer in robotics, as well as Nvidia and Canon to explore the use of robots as cameramen in film production.
However, in this project, camera robots were (for the time being) not used as a universal replacement for human camera operators, but as a new creative tool - for example, to define complex camera movements by computer and repeat them exactly several times, or for shots in dangerous places or in precarious situations. Atlas can currently carry rigs weighing up to 20 kg, such as in the WPP project, for example a Canon EOS 400 and C80 including CN-R Prime lenses Cine-Cam in a Ronin Rig - without showing signs of fatigue, even in otherwise strenuous positions and even during longer shoots. For the director, the ability to repeat camera movements exactly was the most outstanding feature of the Robo-cameraman. According to WPP, a very special area of application for the future could also be shoots in otherwise too dangerous places, such as on the edge of active volcanoes or deep in caves. The special movement sequences required on the film set were taught to the camera robot using Nvidia&s virtual world Cosmos, which enabled a large number of time- and labor-saving virtual training runs. One can be curious to see how the use of such camera robots will really prevail in the future and whether it will really only be complementary or replace real cameramen with desktop versions that only remotely control cameras via robot. Bilder zur Newsmeldung:
 more infos at bei www.wpp.comdeutsche Version dieser Seite: Jetzt kommen die Robot-Kameramänner - aber nur für besondere Shots? |
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