Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón’s film Gravity was an exceptional opportunity to use robotics technology to invent a new approach to filmmaking. The film pushed Bot & Dolly to evolve a motion control platform based on industrial robotics hardware, intuitive real-time control, and seamless integration with Autodesk Maya. Combined with Framestore’s “Lightbox” our team was able to execute Cuarón’s complex previs cinematography in live action, bringing important photographic elements into the computer generated reaches of outer space.

Working on the film was a formative experience marked by incredible collaboration. I’m deeply grateful to those who made it possible: The Bot & Dolly team, Framestore, Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki, Alfonso Cuarón, and Warner Brothers.