Camera Robots that Speed Across the Room

Lets go to New York to visit one of the coolest commercial studios!
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Thanks to Mark Roberts Motion Control for introducing us to Steve!
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Video Credits
SFX Rigging:
Matt Huber
Director / DP:
Steve Giralt
Food Styling:
Brett Kurzweil
Production Design / Set Build:
Paola Andrea Ramirez
James Castro
Robot Operator:
Dan Gottesman
Robot Tech:
Victor Kalogiannis
Thanks for the Master Prime Lenses:
David Brick

[@sabotower1792]

I like that Gav goes to a new place and needs to find a Dan to bond with

[@GameSpirit1]

Too bad they didn't remake the usual "Hello I'm Gav", "And I'm Dan" line.

[@stone5against1]

@@GameSpirit1 Yea what a missed opportunity :(

[@Skully002]

A Gav always needs a Dan

[@JeremiahFrye]

Inside of you there are two wolves: One's a Gav, one's a Dan.

[@Y2Kvids]

Multiverse

[@TheGarageLearning]

Thanks for coming by and making a slow-motion mess with us! It was a blast!

[@marcus6872]

If you guys haven't shot a slow-mo commercial for Jell-O I'd be surprised, that stuff looked alive! You've got some really interesting content on your channel too, subbed.

[@harriehausenman8623]

Thank you so much! This was such a joy to watch and your channel is (pardon my french) dope!

[@sakshatlakhiani847]

why aren't you guys uploading more learning videos on channel. It's such a valuable content. I jst saw some of your videos... I learnt a lot!

[@obsidian....]

Thanks for the access 🙏

[@greggv8]

Did you wax the top of the table and the bottoms of all the stuff on top of the cloth? TR-104 Hi-Temp Mold Release wax dries and polishes to a hard and slick surface. It's not sticky, doesn't transfer. It's made for use on fiberglass molds with polyester and epoxy resins.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

When your set has water-cooled lighting you know something cinematic is going down

[@owaingum6468]

diy water cooled lighting at that

[@alphagt62]

I saw the fake lobsters in the tank, for cool factor.

[@shable1436]

Or someone is growing a massive marijuana system 😂

[@ixcutamp8059]

@@shable1436 But isn't the idea to keep the cannabis warm?

[@shable1436]

@@ixcutamp8059 they can burn up the plants

[@samuelfaiman1387]

The best part of this is how much everyone involved clearly loves what they're doing. Listening to Gav, Steve, Dan, and Matthew geek out over the cool camera setups is a joy. Special mention to the rest of the crew, and to the brilliant custom-designed liquid cooled leds and, namely, the big floating lobsters in the cooling tank

[@sheldondrake8935]

smart people having a great time, a nice antidote to the dumpsters full of stupid that is the news all day every day

[@ultrafox2773]

I would have been more than happy with an hour-long version of this. That was the fastest 17 minutes of my day lol

[@NaughtyShepherd]

I agree!

Yea, fastest slowmo video in while!

[@rabbit_scribe]

Absolutely agree. Was a little disappointed when "longer" turned out to be 17 minutes.

[@georgplaz]

fast 17min slow-mo

This is definitely one of the best Slow Mo Guys I've seen, if not _the_ best. I much prefer when there's more in-depth stuff - more than just pretty pictures and reactions, like a lot of the videos are.

[@juulmorten]

loved the look at that camera standing still with the robot moving, it looks so unreal

[@RICDirector]

Look up Smarter Every Day's video on chicken head stability, forgot what he called it, but it is just like the robot--nody moves, head stays put.

[@juulmorten]

@@RICDirector already seen it, is it great :)

[@Nipponing]

@@juulmorten You can also do it.

[@ThumpertTheFascistCottontail]

I have a powerful urge to set up a dial indicator to measure how little the camera moves.

[@agerven]

Makes you feel very scared when thinking of a situation where artificial intelligence is coupled to these types of robots for military purposes.

[@Peterscraps]

Dude how cool would it be to have a job where your objective is to engineer the coolest shots without doing anything in post.

[@tcnguyen1987]

#noedit

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

Nothing in post? hahahaha

[@Peterscraps]

@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n Okay fairs a lot of editing and maybe colour correction but nothing "added" like in after-effects.

[@macstrong1284]

It’s called special effects

[@el.blanco8961]

@@Peterscraps also, I'm just guessing, but there might even be a whole other department for the editing, so they probably just record and send what they got to the editors, unless these guys do that too.

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Oh my god I love this Dan guy That slow walk and "wanna see a funny tiktok" was just perfect. Also Steve seems like an incredibly smart man. I'd love to work with these guys.

[@sliceofsparta8985]

I honestly thought a lot of those TV food commercials were CGI; it is SUPER cool to see that these ones at least are done by robots and high speed cameras! I like Gav and Dan's subject matter a lot more than this studio's, but it's still an insane setup!

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

if i recall its some sort of law that requires it to be real food. That they make it inedible does not matter.

[@ZackRToler]

I met a guy that took pictures of food for menus, and he told me that a lot of the time, the food is inedible. Because they spray it with a bunch of stuff to make it look perfect and pristine for the camera.

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! I want to cut my toenails... NEVER! I am the feet KZbinr. Thanks for being a fan, dear sile

[@sliceofsparta8985]

@@ZackRToler Yeah, I've definitely heard of grapes being dipped in oil to make them shiny and stuff. Lot of weird stuff goes on in show biz lol

[@eikawithac]

@@sliceofsparta8985 The one I always think of is ice cream - balls of tin foil with ice cream carefully spread around them and then freeze dried (I think?) to last long enough under studio lights.

[@emmeffgeh]

What I appreciate very much even after all this time is your style of introduction and video structure. A quick hello, and then straight to the point. No annoying channel meta, no unnecessarily long intro, no begging for interaction before the actual content. Well balanced pace, nice editing, always professional. Very much appreciated!

[@SpydersByte]

haha its always annoying when people ask for a subs and likes and whatnot before the actual video. How about waiting til we actually have something to base that decision on? :D

[@thepeatboggy]

A rare, “professional” youtuber where youtube isn’t their job, and they let their art speak for itself

[@goat325]

terrifying watching those robots move. That's a scary amount of mass moving very quickly and very expensively

[@MeriaDuck]

And very body part crushing capable

[@spacehitchhiker4264]

Even more so when it's a 200lb welding gun or a giant fixture holding a car body panel.

[@Soken50]

and those are "small", you should see the monsters swinging around in car manufacturing plants and foundries. Makes you really appreciate the multiple layers of barriers, tags and smart geofencing stopping you from walking into a death ballet.

[@noemierollindedebeaumont1130]

@@Soken50 Death ballet 😂😂 Weirdly accurate description 🤔😅

[@Soken50]

@@noemierollindedebeaumont1130 Having spent a bit of time as their choreographer, I'm very fond of the metaphor. It's a special feeling to see tons of metal gracefully following your every command after hours of fiddling with that one clumsy dancer somehow always ending up out of step.

[@TheDisturbed0Angel]

I hoesntly can't imagine this as a main channel vid. As cool as the actual slo mo was, the entire rest of the video really made it with all the behind the scenes and chatting.

[@RICDirector]

Oh I can. Not sure when the main channel lost the 'discovery' feel, but in some ways its gotten rather formulaic. Time to change things up a bit, and more behind the scenes could help.

[@jansvanda]

I think this is the "boon and curse" of having second channel - their profiles get much more narrow and the main one usually ends up being more *flashy* and *showy*, while the secondary becomes more causal, relaxed but at the same time more in-depth. I don't think it is a mistake on the creators' part, they just needs to understand this will inevitably happen when they start the second channel and be cool with it.

[@oldestnerd]

Everyone looked like they were having so much fun "working". The joy was contagious. Thank you.

[@userisinvalid8725]

4:35 "wanna see a funny tiktok" that was so wholesome

[@hedlund]

In the age of dead attention spans I for one am ridiculously happy any time _anyone_ does a deeper dive, of any sort, into any damn thing. Thanks! Post-viewing edit: Fork vs. jello might be one of the best things I've ever seen.

[@47571660]

There something very satisfying about seeing highly accomplished people doing their jobs well. Great video.

[@shoop91lee]

And also just having an amazing time while doing it. I'm sure it's not always laughs and excitement, but it's still amazing to see when it is.

[@grumpsyb9191]

@@shoop91lee maybe it's just a question of "if you love your job" etc. Many people thrive on and seek the exhaustion and struggle for art which gives immense satisfaction when finished. On any film production, everything takes at least 20% more time than anticipated, so one must let go of micromanaging and such, which, I'm assuming, results in more fulfilling life overall.

[@therealxunil2]

And then once the job is done, saying "now let's make a big old mess for fun".

[@okkervill3944]

Slow Mo Guys videos are just one of those things I never get tired of. There's never too much. It's entertaining and educational (to some degree). Love it.

[@gusteg83]

the pure Joy from the guys at the end really makes the video totally golden

[@AuthenTech]

Love the fascinating mixture of engineering and problem solving and creative camera and robots = magic!

[@thomasjackwigglesworth]

The most shocking thing about this video is Gav calling Jelly “Jello” REMEMBER YOUR ROOTS MR FREE

[@realburglazofficial2613]

I would like this, but you’re on 69!

[@sparkeyjames]

The correct term would be gelatin. Jelly is a slightly less solidified fruit flavored gelatin that you put on toast or a sandwich. Jello is a brand name. A testament to the staying power and wide spread use of that brand name that it became a common term for anything made with gelatin formed into a flavored solidified shape that is used as a food item.

[@Xenthio]

@@sparkeyjames that’s jam

[@_Wombat]

You can hear the hesitation in his voice after he says it. He's still got some good in him. He can be saved.

[@Tankunish]

@@Xenthio Jam and Jelly are different. Jam is made with fruit pulp, while Jelly is made with fruit juice.

[@DetroitTintStudio]

Thanks so much for making this! Incredibly interesting and fun behind the scenes to make thoes shots happen. What a cool company!

[@cheeseandjamsandwich]

More like this please!!! Long format, behind the scenes stuff is almost always just as good as the polished finished article... And we get even more banter and screw-ups! Even if you just have some static potato cameras around the set/garden/garage, it'll be just fine. Same with editing. We see the pukka footage from the phantoms later anyhoo. More, more, more, longer, longer, longer!

[@harriehausenman8623]

YES. YT shorts are the end of humanity 😆

[@RumleKjaer]

Steve Giralt is such a legend, big props to him and all of his crew! They are all big big legends!! 🔥🔥

[@conkerconk3]

4:17 The amount of engineering required in the sensors, and the entire circuitry too, to get that level of precision... blows my mind

[@Gardengap]

ikr

[@elliotmarks06]

I love how you bring this main-channel quality content to your second channel!

[@DexOfOne]

Glad to see the Slow MoCo guys back in business.

[@counterstrikelord]

16:57 I love that they sound like they are having a genuinely fun time =)

[@troxmo]

Yeah I could watch Videos about Steves Studio all day, just doesn't get boring.. What these guys are doing there is wizardry.

[@dr.ductus]

The editing between the top down and side view was really well done!

[@SomeoneSneaky]

I'm glad you did this as a full thing, watching this was delightful.

[@TheDopeSloth]

This is why people need to be subbed to all the channels. I’m sure a bunch are missing out on this video.

[@dutch_hd6983]

I love to see so many passionate men together, great video!

[@jzzsxm]

dude has an aluminum extrusion tattoo on his forearm. That's dedication.

[@andrewjmschroeder]

This feels like a Smarter Every Day video and I'm lovin' it.

[@RICDirector]

Really does, and me too! Reminds me of the chicken one when they show off the camera stability.

[@markzaikov456]

8:45 Snatch Block! I'm so glad I knew how awesome those things are through Smarter Everyday

[@adamteeee]

A truly excellent look behind the scenes and it's also nice that in terms of knowledge, you were on par at a technical level; they're seemed to be some true respect there. Lovely video and damn, that DOF for the lens on the intro and outro ☺️

[@spaniard402]

This was extra cool. Also, definitely going to be using "made a bit of a dog's dinner of things" to reference food hitting the ground from now on. I had never heard that before.

[@rade-blunner7824]

Coincidentally it works in reference to food on the floor, but the expression typically just means "a mess".

[@spaniard402]

@@rade-blunner7824 oh, so I guess it just happened to fit particularly well for the situation

[@peterjames808]

@@spaniard402 Yes. It just means to make a mess or generally ruin something. It's normally made as a comment to judge someone's actions. Ie a bystander could say it as they watch someone fail to parallel parking correctly. "Oooh, they've made a right dogs dinner out of that"

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Hence the phrase, "a dog's breakfast."

[@dadjake]

I *love* Steve & crew's work, I've been watching their stuff for a while now, was waiting for a Collab like this - their studio is nuts, and their shots look ridiculously good. Also really cool to see all the self-enginerred solutions to all the things, like the lights.

[@gregiep]

Side note, Gavin’s beard is ON POINT in this video!

[@martijndekok]

9:00 When I saw that pulley system I heard Destin's voice in my head going: "Snatch Block!!!"

[@ferpykins]

god this is insane I'd love to just spend a week there watching them work on various things throughout

[@Kindling_the_Void]

Man, what a cool job getting to play with high-speed robots and cameras. I love seeing behind the scenes. The final shot was incredible, but then you see what goes into a shot like that and it's just as equally impressive, if not more so, than the shot itself.

[@jlt131]

so much knowledge and gear and extremely expensive hi-tech equipment in that room!

[@AlexKall]

It would have been fun to do that stuff with cameras instead. Worked with robots in the industry, I also have photography as a hobby so it could have been fun to combine the two.

[@evolicious]

What an amazing team of passionate and fun people. Must be a total blast at work for all of them.

[@MrMattumbo]

This is so freaking cool! I love that they're using cutting edge technology and practical effects to do this stuff instead of CGI, it looks so much better!

[@GoodMorningHikers]

i love this style with more of a breakdown and build oriented. sort of like a Mythbusters style. it makes seeing the result at the end feel way more impactful. i loved it.

[@EoRdE6]

We need to get Linus out there to see that water cooling loop, he loves whole room water cooling

[@MrKrimson]

that movement at 5:09 is uncannily fast like holy shit the precision at speed is literally too good for my brain to believe its not sped up, it activates that same sort of slight anxiousness sped up footage does and its real, thank god its only used for cameras so far

[@woodsy900]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!! my face hurts from smiling!

[@CelestinaakaClonaClox9999]

Hey Gav, what happened to the video about how Dan hurt his hand?

[@ethangrossnickle7055]

I was looking for that same vid the other day!

[@tomstravels520]

Yeah I noticed that gone too

[@zakochana12]

Do you mean this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6KtgZSsqbp-fNU

[@anna-kaisataipale6206]

You mean the original ouchie video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6KtgZSsqbp-fNU) or the new Dan’s reaction/Tony Hawk version? I had no problem finding them both 🤷‍♀️

[@tomstravels520]

@@anna-kaisataipale6206 no the one from about 10 year ago when he burnt his hand with boiling oil

[@wilting_alocasia]

Holy crap this is incredible! Just absolutely incredible work from both teams

[@joeldiaz141]

7:50 My favorite part - " ok now it's time to get slightly more serious...." And in comes a dude wearing Hasselblad Tshirt. Perfect!

[@Martin-se3ij]

The careers officer at school never mentioned anything like this! Mesmerizing!

[@Pencilneckgeek216]

As Destin would say, "SNATCH BLOCK!"

[@richards7909]

“I have 5 robots.” But is number 5, alive? :D Interesting video, great to see the reality of these things.

[@kurtb8474]

I used to produce local commercials for cable 20 years ago and this is absolutely amazing to me!

[@jesperegeland6716]

I clicked on this with zero intention of watching the full length then all of the sudden came the outro and 17 min had flown by. very well made video.

[@jonny555ive]

I had a smile from ear to ear this WHOLE episode..... I very much enjoyed this.... Thank you to all involved 👍👍 Great job. !

[@afriendlyyoutubecommenter1229]

More people should see this! I would actually have loved to see this on the main channel even if it was shorter than usual.

[@JacobCarlson]

The top-down shot was GORGEOUS!

[@diraziz396]

I'm glad that you've uploaded the full video. VERY COOL.

[@zombiesquirel]

I like the lobsters in the water cooling chamber 🦞

[@puzzLEGO]

the shot at 5:59 looks like straight up animation

[@wparo]

I am actually very impressed with the killer bokeh on that lens in intro 0:01. Must be a noct f/0.9 or faster!!

[@thanksfernuthin]

And the flowers are still standing!!!

[@Iareawesome100]

hey Gav thanks for making this a longer one!

[@kriscerosaurus]

This was super dope. Love behind the scenes stuff.

[@jaket9922]

Dude has a Hasselblad shirt, that's freaking awesome. Old school

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

The precision and power of that robot arm is downright frightening.

[@carlosparacio5679]

These guys are super geniuses but forgot something fairly simple like taking into account the additional weight of the food. Proves we are all human. Great video!

[@PlatoonGoon]

Also proves that no matter how often you do your job, complacency is what leads to error. I'm sure they've weighed food a dozen times before, just a slip up.

[@jakemeyer8188]

Oh man, thank you for this. I've weirdly wanted to know how those shots are done for quite a while. Edit: SUPER glad you made this a "behind-the-scenes" vid. There's a lot of great stuff there for a maker nerd such as myself.

[@nmnoz]

steve giralt is a magician and the garage is his magic shop

[@SasukeFartsUwU]

Please make a video everyday please!! slow mo guys I acknowledge your time ⏲️ an hard work but we want to see you guys more .

[@leviathan7477]

I’m just surprised Gav said “Jello” 🤣

[@javidaderson]

The liquid-cooled lights might be the coolest thing If ever had to deal with downtime on a set waiting for the lights to cool down so can relight them.

[@boarbot7829]

I’m amazed how well you did.

[@shoop91lee]

100% vote for more content of Gav/Dan meeting people in the space and just vibing with them for 15-800 minutes

[@Kintayisme]

Idea: launch something small and interestingly textured (like cereal, or a marble), with accuracy, and track the movement with the Bolt camera to capture the whole trajectory!

[@woroGaming]

A close up of a bullet traveling would be insanely cool. The tranectory wouldn't be that impressive I think, but the movement of the bullet could be interesting.

[@AlexKall]

@@woroGaming it has no where near that speed but it would be cool indeed.

[@blobfish.]

Rival Dan #2. Gav just slowly accumulating an army of Dans PS, this video is sick! So fascinating! I wish all your videos were long ones to be fair, even the main channel ones.

[@flooferfox2407]

I remember he had another Dan in an video, I just don't remember which one

[@flooferfox2407]

there was the robot hand, then there's this guy, and then there was some other guy named Dan in a video I just can't remember??

[@blobfish.]

@@flooferfox2407 there was another Dan in the Taser video, and he also appeared in the massive explosions video 😊

[@samdevsung]

Loved that" you were in feet and i in meters" 😂 and no words for the robots ❤️

[@MrKrimson]

that last shot of the table being thrown up filmed from above would be epic

[@MahlenMorris]

I've always thought it was amazing that Gav had the equipment he has, but the difference between "entertaining KZbin" money and "commercials for food companies" money is pretty dramatic.

[@raph6931]

To be fair, Gav has worked on films and his cameras are used for films

[@realburglazofficial2613]

For me, the most impressive thing would be finding out how much that entire studio setup cost!

[@tubelator]

I love how that plate vibrates like crazy, while you can't even move it an inch with your hands.. amazing

[@obsidian....]

8:45 I love that he has a Hasselblad shirt on... . Honestly... I never imagined that they would make swag. Which just goes to show you that each hobby/passion has it's own cool niche things 👍👍

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

As fun as it is, I've worked as a key grip on many projects. One of the big challenges is to come up with solutions that are not only repeatable, but as simple as possible. When I saw the pneumatic cylinder I got a bit angry because it was over complicated. You can tell it's not great because they had to add linear rails to keep it from binding up. My solution? Again, ropes and pulleys are great. That was my first instinct. But I would've had a large weight drop from the ceiling to give the pull. I also would've set it up so the point it is pulled from is exactly level with the table. This solution could easily be triggered electronically, be quicker to build, be quieter and use less energy. However, the old saying "get the shot" applies. Did the shot get achieved? Yes. So their solution is perfectly acceptable. But if they wish to hire me for future endeavors, I'm around. 😂 Keep up the great work all!

[@pedroamado2086]

Fun video! I am surprised they didn't pull the table cloth directly down (using a smooth bar that it could slide around) the way people do it with manual pulls. That prevents the table cloth from billowing the way it does here.

[@iantaakalla8180]

In the end, the trick failed because the knife fell. A downwards pull would have saved that knife, but I suppose having a robot pulling that close is also disastrous.

[@isettech]

Best shot was the last one. Laughed so hard when the Jello landed. Big thumbs up!

[@Osmone_Everony]

It always blows my mind when I see so much effort put into a scene which is just one or two seconds in the final cut. No wonder movie production is so expensive.

[@heutemalnicht]

Geez what F-Stop is that in the first shot? Looks like F1.0 or less!

[@TheSlowMoGuys2]

F0.95 🤣

[@HenryLoenwind]

To allow the puller to pick up speed, bridge a section of the rope with a weak rubber band. The band will keep it tensioned. If it transfers too much movement before the rope is tight, you can use a sliding lock instead. Simplest is to split the rope into two, have a loop in one half and a stopper that's bigger than the loop in the other. This, however, needs more planning and some supports to keep the rope to the table tensioned with the rope's weight. Also, some teflon tape under the heavy objects can help with the load on the cloth. It also allows those objects to slide on the bare table after the cloth is gone, so it's a bit of a balancing act. For a perfect result you may need to cheat. Teflon tape to reduce friction to the cloth and magnets under the table top to keep objects in place...

[@gparker5]

So happy this was done as a longer video. Super interesting!

[@7123]

That was literally the quickest 17minutes of my life. I guess that just goes to show you how immersive a video can be :O

[@PhilipMcCrotch]

I wanted to see the funny TikToc

[@gamingwithlacks]

"much longer" Lol I expected 90 minutes when you said that, Gav. But I tend to watch a lot of long winded people.

[@RICDirector]

Id have loved 90 minutes, but i adore this stuff anyway!

[@ybab-j]

thank you for sharing (and caring about) the process. generous, fascinating!

[@peter-gn8ey]

what an awesome place to work. the satisfaction when you get the shot must be insane.

[@angrypotato_fz]

9:14 Pulleys are awesome, I hope Destin sees this bit :D Very cool video. Thanks for making it longer and focusing on "backstage" bits :) The finishing shot was surprisingly great! :D

[@DavidTriphon]

Who else clapped with them when he said "That's a wrap!" You all are a talented bunch of people!

[@timburton1080]

Loved this, thank you for the longer video.

[@guksack]

Not very often technology doesn't seem real anymore, but this all feels like one big CGI effect to me. I cannot process it all being real technology.