01Trajectories do not translate
“Six-axis interpolation with circular blending and continuous orientation” produces no picture at all in a non-specialist head.
INDUSTRY / ROBOTICS
3D animation for industrial robots and robot arms
A robot arm sells on trajectory, cycle time and reach — precisely the three things prose and a single still cannot carry.
Robot integration persuades on three words: can it reach, how fast, will it collide. All three are questions of space and time, and static material can only express space. Animation puts joint motion, interference envelopes and cycle-time differences on one timeline, so a client without an engineering background can judge whether the concept works.
WHY IT IS HARD
Three places robot proposals stall
02Cycle-time gaps stay invisible
Eight seconds versus six is two numbers in a table. Only motion shows which action the difference comes from.
03Interference is left to imagination
How close the arm passes to racks, fencing and neighbouring stations is hard to agree on in 2D — and often discovered on site.
04The process does not connect
Single-machine moves are understood. How machines hand off, and how loading and unloading interlock, has to be imagined.
WHAT WE ANIMATE
Key shots in a robotics film
Technical review cares about reach and cycle time; sales cares about persuasion. The same set of shots can serve both.
- 01
Joint-by-joint motion
Each axis broken out in turn, so “six axes” becomes a mechanical logic rather than a number.
- 02
End effector close-ups
Grippers, vacuum cups and torches at the moment of contact, slowed down to answer “will it hold”.
- 03
Multi-robot cycle times
Two or more robots handing off on a shared timeline, showing waiting and overlap explicitly.
- 04
Interference envelopes
Semi-transparent volumes mark keep-out and slow-down zones, surfacing collision risk at concept stage.
- 05
Side-by-side comparison
Two concepts run together; the throughput difference reads off the picture instead of a table.
RELATED WORK
Mechanical and line films
Finished films showing mechanical motion and line hand-offs, for pacing and shot structure.
Production processes / Selected work
Construction Waste Recycling — Production Line Animation
Mechanical principles / Selected work
Silo Unclogger — Mechanical Structure Breakdown
Lines & logistics / Selected work
Robotic Arm Production Line — Assembly Animation
DELIVERY
Delivery
- Resolution
- 1080P as standard, 4K available
- Format
- MP4 / H.264 — embeds in slides and tender documents
- Camera language
- Joint breakdowns, slow-motion close-ups, volumetric annotation
- Modelling basis
- Robot model drawings, end effector drawings, line layout
- Schedule
- About four days per finished minute, from confirmed materials and script
PRICING
What this kind of project costs
Charged per finished second, 110–250 CNY. Single-machine demonstrations need less animation and sit towards the lower end; multi-robot choreography, cut-aways and interference annotation push to the upper end. The shot-by-shot estimate governs.
See the full pricing note ↗FAQ
Three questions we get on robotics projects
Can you model our actual robot models?
Yes. Given model numbers and envelope dimensions we model the real machine, so the client sees their own equipment rather than a generic arm.
The cycle times are my assumptions — can they be animated?
Yes, and the delivery note will state that cycle times are calculated from the parameters you supplied, not a measured throughput commitment.
Can the motion serve as a technical basis?
Animation is a communication tool, not a simulation report. Reach and interference must be verified in robot simulation — we say so on the end card and in the delivery note.
INDUSTRY / ROBOTICS
Send the robot models and the line layout
Model numbers, station count and rough cycle times are enough for me to break out the shots.
Start a projectLET’S MAKE IT CLEAR
The next shot
is your product.
A machine drawing, a paragraph of notes, or an idea that is not shaped yet. We start with what you want the audience to understand.
Start a projectMechanics / Production / ProductKAIFENG, CHINA · EST. 2022