The Bolt high-speed cinebot, the most extreme high-speed motion control rig in the world – starting and stopping in the blink of an eye – has been released by Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC).
MRMC has been developing the newest in a line of high-speed precision rigs specially designed for use with high-frame rate cameras such as the Phantom Flex, Weisscam, Photron and iSpeed. The Bolt is more than just a high-speed rig and can be used in broadcast applications such as news rooms and studios.
Bolt’s advantage over any high speed system is its portability and its simple interface to the industry standard flair motion control software allowing moves to be created in seconds and also giving operators, DOPs and directors all the tabletop programming tools they might need.
Interfacing to turntables, liquid pouring rigs, lights and other special effects devices is straightforward.
For broadcast applications, Bolt’s smooth motion, camera lens interfacing, graphical user interface, quiet mechanics and virtual studio plug-in make it ideal for any automated studio robotics.
Bolt has been used successfully internationally and there are now systems in the US, Europe and South Africa with more continents waiting to receive theirs.
The Bolt high-speed rig will be in action at the MRMC booth in Hall 11 at IBC from 13 to 17 September.
