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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 10 - Issue 4 | April 2020

InStudio

Telemetrics Helps Broadcasters
Find A New Path
Since its introduction in 2018, the
OmniGlide™ Robotic Roving Platform
has taken the industry by storm, with
customers in Australia, Europe, and
the U.S. adopting it for their latest
studio upgrades. More than just a mere
robotic roving studio camera pedestal,
this autonomous system leverages
a series of noncontact sensors and
scanners that help it navigate all sizes
of production studios and - using
artificial intelligence developed by
Telemetrics - avoid obstructions to
ensure safe operation.
The OmniGlide rover has been
improved with new machine learning
algorithms that allow the rover's shot
recall settings to intelligently find
the best path within the space it is
operating in. Called "Path Planning,"
the rover can figure out the safest
path between point A and point B,
even when there's an obstruction
(like a news desk) in between. This
is accomplished in tandem with
the Telemetrics RCCP-2A robotics

and camera control panel
running
STS
(Studio)
software.
The latest improvements
to the OmniGlide's "Studio
View" display allows the
importation of 3D models
with physical objects in the
studio that are automatically
recognized as areas to avoid to
help the operator easily establish
"Go - No Go Zones". Once this data is
established, and with total positional
awareness via "Active Position
Correction" technology, the user can
be assured of safe operation within the
studio.
For those that want to operate
or move the OmniGlide manually,
even on air, Telemetrics is now
delivering the RCMC, a new pan bar
set for robotic collaborative manual
control of the OmniGlide. These new
ergonomic pan bars enable users to
smoothly and easily locally operate
the rover's platform, column, pan/

OmniGlide™
Robotic Roving
Platform

tilt head, and the camera's focus and
zoom while standing beside it. When
doing so, the systems safety interlocks
automatically prevent simultaneous
remote operation.

OmniGlide's
innovative
threepoint floor contact design allows
the pedestal to crab and change
direction better than existing pedestals
thanks to advanced omnidirectional
electromechanical servomotors that
are integrated into the pedestal base.
AI technology helps the pedestal
"learn" the environment it is operating
in, which makes hands-free operation
fast and easy.
The OmniGlide platform's internal
servo control system constantly
monitors the speed of the pedestal
and governs how smoothly the
pedestal moves. An independent drive
chassis can be programmed to autocompensate for anomalies on the floor
and maintain a constant speed.
Finally, by replacing hardware
mechanisms with advanced control
software, Telemetrics' OmniGlide
Roving Platform is designed with
fewer moving parts, resulting in less
maintenance and reduced operational
costs. The OmniGlide also includes selfmonitoring and self-aligning features
for proactive and real-time problemsolving.
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