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[Mac Kerr]

A friend who is the RF coordinator on the tour sent me THIS LINK. This is very cool technology. It's nice to have a big budget.

Mac

[David Elsbury]

The link seems to be missing?
David

Edit: Sorry- no it's not. But there's no distinction between the regular text, and the link, in the skin I am using. (or the fact that I hadn't got more than 2 posts meant that I couldn't see it?)

[Mac Kerr]

The link seems to be missing?
David

Edit: Sorry- no it's not. But there's no distinction between the regular text, and the link, in the skin I am using. (or the fact that I hadn't got more than 2 posts meant that I couldn't see it?)

If you are using the Curve skin the hyperlink text does not have enough contrast. That's on a list of things to fix. They are working on the core theme first, but I think it's hideous. I'll make it in caps to give it more of an image.

Mac

[David Elsbury]

Yes- in Curve. It makes the forum look much more manageable. Thanks for the link- great video

[Cameron Stuckey]

24 hours a day for 5 years straight, and there will only be half a human hair of error. Amazing.

[Tim McCulloch]

A friend who is the RF coordinator on the tour sent me THIS LINK. This is very cool technology. It's nice to have a big budget.

Mac

On the previous Bon Jovi tour, they used similar robots for cameras, with a twist - the robots were suspended upside down from an overhead track.  They could move independently on the track until they reached a proximity limit (due to rigging load).

The way the tour split up the local crew calls I don't know what other robotics were used, if any, but the dual use show in the clip (video & set architecture) is pretty slick.  Thanks for the link.

Tim Mc

[Noah D Mitchell]

Very cool - thanks.

[Jim Roach]

It looked great in person too!

[Scott Raymond]

A friend who is the RF coordinator on the tour sent me THIS LINK. This is very cool technology. It's nice to have a big budget.

Mac

Very high Tech but I  wonder about liability waivers.  Those robots would slice and dice you without a blink if someone got in the way or there was a major malfunction.  You wouldn't think the company would sell them for that purpose.

[James Feenstra]

Very high Tech but I  wonder about liability waivers.  Those robots would slice and dice you without a blink if someone got in the way or there was a major malfunction.  You wouldn't think the company would sell them for that purpose.

enough money can buy anything

[Chris Hindle]

Very high Tech but I  wonder about liability waivers.  Those robots would slice and dice you without a blink if someone got in the way or there was a major malfunction.  You wouldn't think the company would sell them for that purpose.

Not a lawyer, but I would guess that "Bon Jovi Production" would bear the entire liability question. These are industrial units, not house pets. They are ment to be installed in an assembly line somewhere. I would have to ASSume that there are a number of "panic stop" buttons spread around the stage area for when T-2 meets T-1 in an "unexpected manner". Hopefully, Jon won't get caught in the middle.

[Tim McCulloch]

Very high Tech but I  wonder about liability waivers.  Those robots would slice and dice you without a blink if someone got in the way or there was a major malfunction.  You wouldn't think the company would sell them for that purpose.

Robot Rules, you know... harm no humans...

There are cameras, both visible light and IR, that cover the areas the robots work in, and the Automation Carpenter constantly views the monitors watching for people who are where they aren't supposed to be.  He has his hand poised above the emergency stop during every move.

If you recall the country singer who got his foot/boot caught in an ego ramp lift a couple years ago, the design was lacking in safety devices, and the human who was under the lift didn't notice the singer shifting his feet, moving the toe of one boot into the operating path.  That lift was immediately fitted with both IR curtains and pressure sensors to prevent that accident from happening again.  That was one of those "DOH!" moments that was not lost on Tait, who upped the safety features of their designs.

As more automation gets used to make shows "spectacular" for the punters, look for more safety devices and more areas backstage/under stage restricted to specific personnel.  Training the talent to deal with unexpected stops or failures will be a bigger part of production rehearsals, too.

Eveyone needs an escape plan.  When one of tours of Cats came through here, there were no fewer than 4 plans to get the old fat cat out of the tire for curtain call should the automation fail.  I'd expect arena shows to be no different.

Have fun, watch for moving robots.

Tim Mc

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