Can an iPad Control Our Camera Robot?

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Published 2023-02-14
We've used Colossus and other Motorized Precision robot arms for plenty of intro shots throughout the years, but programming moves has always been a long and painstaking process — until now.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Demoing the Motion Control app
04:11 Setting up the S23 Ultra intro
09:25 Bringing Marques in for the final shoot
12:50 One-take robot shot speedrun

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Shot by Miles Somerville, Marques Brownlee, Andrew Manganelli, and Brandon Havard
Produced by Hayato Huseman
Audio by Ellis Rovin
Graphics by Tim McMahon and Michael Emerick

All Comments (21)
  • @piart8207
    Love how careful and engaged Marques was for the intro shot.
  • @sam8603
    Vinh and Branden treating Marquess like he’s made of money 😂😂
  • @nexusyang4832
    The ability to see where the cameras will be moving before you let it rip is super duper helpful!!!!
  • @kawikaaukai
    the attention to detail is amazing with this team.
  • Super cool to see this in more places, I just defended my phd on augmented reality for human-robot interaction, we have been seeing this for years (programming a robot in-situ using AR) and finally get to see it in action with “affordable” consumer iPads
  • @BlessedUnrest
    the iPad played table tennis... the camera is controlled by the iPad... can the camera play table tennis? make it happen
  • I had no idea how much work went in to what looks like a simple shot in the end product. I think I have a new appreciation for your craft!
  • Marques: just takes a phone of the frame. Studio: wow! you nailed it!! really well done!!!
  • this channel is starting to be pretty fire. i love behind the scenes stuff especially on youtube.
  • @clydekaila25
    at 2:37 while they listing stuff for Marques to buy 😂😂😂 That part is GO
  • @CarloStefani
    Great video! The robot is awesome, also I appreciated you guys leaving that beautiful music track to properly finish at the end of the video. Nice touch, thanks!
  • This is outstanding! It's phenomenal how fast like AR and integration with cameras has come in the past several years. This is nearly to the point that many even mildly tech savvy people could pick this up in a couple hours and do so much with it!
  • This is such an awesome channel! Watching some behind the scenes and learning about your workflows is very inspirational.
  • @ElliaPerez
    When they asked Marques for new lens and Marques with the face of a worried dad!! and they like is totally not expensive!!! so hilarious!! I love this
  • I love it, seeing more of the robot just gives me joy. Thanks guys for all the work you put in.