SoloShot: The Robot Cameraman That Records Your Most Epic Video Selfies Tony Castle - Co.Exist
go to original January 24, 2014

SOLOSHOT2 is the next generation of the SOLOSHOT automatic cameraman system complete with pan, tilt and camera control capabilities for zoom tracking and record on/off, automatically. (SOLOSHOTvideo)

As an avid surfer, Chris Boyle, CEO and cofounder of SoloShot, always wanted someone filming him while he was out catching waves, but didn’t have a camera crew at his disposal. He scoured the market for a device that could stand on the beach, always keep a camera aimed at him, and distinguish him from other surfers, but nothing of the sort existed.

So, Boyle dreamt up his own “robot cameraman.” He assembled a small team of wakeboarders, surfers, and other action sport aficionados to create the first version of SoloShot, a robot tripod you connect to your camera.

The bright orange box communicates with a waterproof tag you wear around your arm, allowing the tripod to track and follow you from a distance while you’re hanging ten in the water. “Technology is supposed to make life more enjoyable, and that’s what this does: it allows you to get out from behind the camera,” says Boyle, who notes that it's just as useful for parents of Little Leaguers hoping to unglue themselves from their iPhone video screens as it is for extreme athletes.

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