Safety is a key focus of Telemetrics‘ presence at this year’s IBC Show, with new collision avoidance and wearable tracking technology among several key advancements across the product line to keep talent and crew safe.
At its 2025 IBC Show Stand (12.G42), Telemetrics will show new software and hardware products that boost operational capabilities across its entire portfolio of robotic camera control systems.
These significant improvements include the addition of new features that help the Telemetrics Wireless OmniGlide Robotic Roving Platform and new TeleScope robotic jib work smarter; and ultra-wideband sensors that allow the rover and the TG4/5 camera trolley and its ceiling- and floor-mounted track systems to move more smoothly, accurately, and safely.
New! TeleScope Robotic Jib
The new TeleScope Jib is the industry’s first fully robotic jib, complete with an OmniGlide rover as its base for unlimited mobility and dozens of safety sensors that cover the product.
“When designing the TeleScope, safety had a big factor in the design,” said Michael Cuomo, Vice President of Telemetrics. “Smooth and quiet robotics were part of the initial development, but the product wasn’t complete until it could be safely operated remotely.”
Designed to work with virtually any professional camera on the market, the new TeleScope robotic jib can capture shots that would be difficult or impossible to get with other equipment, such as high overhead shots, long sweeping moves, or shots low to the ground.
The TeleScope is available for shipping now (in different sizes) and can also be retrofitted onto any OmniGlide currently in use.
New! Wearable Ultra-Wide Band Sensors
The company will introduce new ultra-wideband sensors, approximately the size of a cell phone, that can be inconspicuously attached to set pieces and even talent to increase tracking accuracy, a capability that Telemetrics has been perfecting over the past few years. This feature allows Telemetrics RCCP-2A control panel operators to utilize Studio View, providing a more accurate 3D real-time representation of the studio and the precise location of objects or people in relation to the robotic camera systems in use.
Studio View also now supports the repositioning of set pieces, whereby repositioned set pieces will show up in real time within the panel’s Studio View display on the control panel.
The sensors serve as an important third layer of talent and object tracking found within Telemetrics’ proven reFrame Automatic Talent and Object Tracking software, which now provides users with facial tracking, object tracking, and wideband sensor tracking for the best accuracy in the industry.
New! TeleSense Collision Avoidance Technology
Also new is a standalone and highly accurate collision avoidance system for Telemetrics rovers, track systems, and other products called TeleSense. This new collision mitigation product is a refresh of Telemetrics’ existing avoidance technology and represents a huge leap forward for protecting users of the company’s ceiling-mounted robotic track systems.
Offered in the form of a round disk with a series of sensors around it, TeleSense is designed for systems that run across a doorway or for cameras coming down from the ceiling and can automatically stop the track system should a problem occur. It offers a full 360 degrees of coverage and provides more distance information from the obstructions, ensuring safe operation at all times.
Wireless OmniGlide Robotic Roving Platform
Since its introduction in 2018, Telemetrics has continued to add new features and capabilities to its innovative OmniGlide Robotic Roving Platform studio rover—such as Path Planning and Collision Avoidance—as well as to its innovative wireless option, which consists of a wireless transmitter, control layer and onboard hot-swappable batteries (unveiled in 2022) that collectively provide power, return video and data with no cables.
New at IBC this year, and based on extensive customer feedback, attendees will see the wireless rover with improved WiFi transmission capabilities and support for 4K video. Also new is seamless and reliable video return from the camera, so users can add a confidence monitor in the studio to quickly preview their shots in real time.
Other notable features of the OmniGlide include improvements to the system’s artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, enabling features like Path Planning to be used for more complex paths across the studio while avoiding obstacles. The capabilities of the OmniGlide’s Collision Avoidance software have also been enhanced for better performance and safety, whereby the rover instinctively “learns” the space it is operating in and finds the safest and least obstructed path from Point A to Point B.
