This modular camera-robot kit lets you shoot professional motion-control videos on a budget! - Yanko Design

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/argineering/rgkit-play

I'm certain you've seen the quintessential soft-drink advertisement. Ice cubes slowly descending into an empty glass, the camera traveling upwards every bit the liquid fills up the drinking glass, bubbling between the cubes of crushed water ice. Finally, a slow zoom shot of the chilled drink-can, resplendent with condensation on it. Let's think of something else, perhaps the quintessential burger advert. A patty slowly flipping in the air before settling down on a bun, followed by a piece of tomato, and a leaf of lettuce descending onto the patty in slow motion. A spritz of sauce follows, and finally, the tiptop bun settles in identify with a flourish of sesame seeds. Your rima oris's watering as well, right? That's because these advertisements were designed to do merely that… and the reason they're and so constructive? Robots!

Robots practically boss the world of video advertising. Whether it's a drone taking incredibly stabilized shots of cities, or a robotic arm that's assuasive the camera to move in precise paths that a human being can't move in, or even in those nutrient commercials, where the entire scene is choreographed from outset to terminate, and robots handle everything from dropping the food exactly where it needs to autumn, and a photographic camera following a pre-set path to requite you a seamless video. For the most part, these robots are extremely expensive and difficult to come by for small-scale-time creators, but the guys at Argineering have a perfect solution to that.

Run into RGKit Play, a fix of delightfully modular robotic components that yous tin put together to create your own motility-rig. Comprising all sorts of toys and tools similar wireless motors, belts, pulleys, turntables, rails, calorie-free-controllers, and sensors, RGKit Play lets you easily and effectively create rigs to moving-picture show professional person-style videos, move/breathing your products, create motion-sculptures, and even make cease-motion films without breaking the banking company! RGKit Play puts you in the role of the DOP (Director of Photography) equally the robots carry out your vision. You can shoot professional person-looking videos, or even create finish-move flicks using RGKit-uniform stop-motion software. Moreover, the kit even lets you lot build complex dioramas or kinetic artpieces, bringing your sculptures and illustrations to life by using moving, sliding, and other interacting modules to add motion to your art and designs!

RGKit Play offers the building blocks of creating your own imaginative custom-rig. Multiple wireless modules connect to each other without creating an center-sore of wires and cables, and they're all controllable via the RGKit app. You can either individually control components, or create sequences that instantly begin running the second you striking play. The modules are every bit versatile as LEGO blocks, allowing you to execute practically annihilation you lot've got on your mind, from creating mesmerizing commercial videos to kinetic art, motion design, or even stop-motion animations. You tin either control the motility of objects, or even move your camera. Conversely, the light-controller and touch-sensor allow you lot to dictate how and when your scene lights up, and if you've got yourself a telephone-stand with a tripod mountain, you can film all of this directly on your phone!

As playful every bit RGKit Play is meant to be, it still boasts of a professional build. The parts come made in metallic, with CNC-machined structure to ensure minimal tolerances for a smooth operation. The modules even have an AI-chip on the inside that constantly monitors stability, and the smartphone app works on iOS too as Android devices. Designed to remove the bulwark to entry for people interested in videography or visual applied science, RGKit Play is versatile and inexpensive… you lot could grab yourself a Beginner'due south Kit for around $200, or if y'all're a studio looking for a more extensive setup, the Pro Kit includes all the modules and multiple spare parts to create your own pro-rig that you can easily assemble at home or at the workplace!

Designer: Argineering

Click Hither to Purchase Now: $110 ~~$180~~ (xl% off). Raised over $200,000.

RGKit Play: Play With Movement Like a Pro

RGKit Play is the first-ever modular wireless kit of motors, light controller and sensors that lets yous add tons of movements to your design, instantly.

Move your camera, animate your origami, automate your stop motion, or build your own interactive installation. With a phone app that makes the whole process quick and smooth, without having to larn to code or practise electronics.

With the diverseness of options in RGKit Play's accessories y'all will get to create the movements yous want and all of this with just ane motor. Motility dorsum and forth or up and down, become in circles, pull, push, elevator.

Animate Your Designs in an Incredibly Short Fourth dimension

Plug the modules to a ability source and they will automatically sense each other and connect to your phone. No need to worry well-nigh wiring or setting up circuitous electronics. On RGKit App, you can cull between two modes: Manual Way & Auto Way. In Manual Mode, y'all can control all the modules in real time, and in Auto Mode you can create a sequence of movements, and when you click play the sequence automatically starts.

With RGKit Play App, you tin commencement slow and get fast, stop of a sudden or ease into a new motion. Play around with the parameters; speed, dispatch, duration, delay, and a lot more. All with zip lines of code!

The Movements

Create your turntable and control it instantly with the Rotator and Disc.

Bring your kinetic typography to life.

Pull, lift and squeeze with high precision with Rotator and Caster.

Come across your illustrations in motility.

Rotate your camera 360-caste continuously or with steps with Rotator and Adjustable Arm.

Make your very own add-on accessories.

Use a photographic camera slider with motility stability features with Rotator and Camera Slider.

Attach it to whatever of your studio stands with ii Rotators and 2 Adaptable Arms.

Connect modules like building blocks and sync them with ii Rotators, Caster and Disc.

Shoot Nutrient, Beverages & Products

Move your camera in a perfect circle around your subject. Sync the camera motility with other subjects' movement to shoot the perfect moment, with all its details.

Take Videos in Slow Motion

Yous can orchestrate an entire sequence of movements and gear up it to the fraction of second, and so take a video like the above without the hassle. With all the complex electronics and coding out of the picture, all y'all will need is RGKit App'due south elevate-and-drop interface.

Sync your Lite, Subject field & Camera Move

Multiple motors for your light, subject and camera completely in sync and entirely controlled by you through RGKit Play App.

Automate Your Stop Motion Hassle-gratis

Connect RGKit Play to your stop motion app and automize the whole process. While triggering the camera to have a shot, control your subject''s or camera'southward move to automatically motility and end in the duration you decide.

Move Information technology Smoothly & Pricisely

With built-in motion stability features, RGKit Play produces the smoothest move, so you could eliminate jitters, and shoot videos like a pro. And with RGKit App you will have high precision in distance, time and speed. The Camera Slider carries upwardly to 5kg (xi lbs) and moves at a speed of 5 cm (2″)/2d. RGKit Play is modular with lots of accessories to cull from, the idea is y'all can play around with them and apply their unique capabilities.

Make Your Projects Interactive

With RGKit Play's Touch sensor your design reacts to y'all and moves accordingly. Y'all can place the sensor nether surfaces like wood, glass, plastic and newspaper and information technology will detect your touch through the surface.

How to Set Up Your RGKit Play

Information technology's very simple! Mount RGKit Play's modules and accessories to your blueprint or camera. Drag and drop on RGKit App to customize your movements. Play with movement similar a pro.