Question 1

How much does an MRMC Bolt rental cost in NYC?

Accepted Answer

A Bolt on track (our Bert) rents for $4,350 per 10-hour shoot day, and from $6,930 all-in with our operator, technician and transport within New York City. On a pedestal (Ernie) it is $4,250, from $6,830 all-in. A prelight day is $4,100 for the robot.

Question 2

How much does the MRMC Bolt Jr+ cost to rent in New York?

Accepted Answer

Our Bolt Jr+ (Abby) rents for $3,500 per 10-hour shoot day, and from $6,080 all-in with operator, technician and transport within New York City. Prelight days are $3,250 for the robot. It is the least expensive high-speed robot we run, and the one that fits where a full-size Bolt will not.

Question 3

How much does a Bolt-X rental cost in NYC?

Accepted Answer

A Bolt-X on track (Oscar) rents for $5,450 per 10-hour shoot day, and from $8,450 all-in with our operator, technician and transport within New York City. The prelight day is $5,200 for the robot. Transport is higher than the Bolt because the Bolt-X needs a truck with a specialized lift gate and more people to move it.

Question 4

How much does an MRMC Milo rental cost in NYC?

Accepted Answer

Our Milo (Atlas) rents for $4,550 per 10-hour shoot day, and from $7,550 all-in with operator, technician and transport within New York City. Prelight is $4,300 for the rig. It is the rig for heavy camera packages, long lenses, macro and multipass VFX plates where stability matters more than speed.

Question 5

How much does a Phantom Flex4K rental cost in NYC?

Accepted Answer

The Phantom Flex4K is $2,000 per day when it rides on one of our robots, and $2,500 per day on its own. Either way it goes out with a Phantom technician we trust, from $1,100 per day on top, because the camera's data handling and frame-rate ramps are a job of their own.

Question 6

How much does a glambot cost in NYC?

Accepted Answer

Glambot packages start at $5,000 for events in Manhattan lasting three hours or less, with an hour to set up and an hour to break down. That covers the compact Bolt Jr+ robot, the Phantom Flex4K high-speed camera, the two people who run them and the truck. Quotes are made per event, so longer nights, bigger rooms and venues outside Manhattan get their own number.

Question 7

What does motion control robot rental cost in New York?

Accepted Answer

Robot day rates in New York run from $3,500 for the Bolt Jr+ to $5,450 for the Bolt-X, and every job adds an operator ($1,250), a technician ($910) and transport ($420 or $840 within NYC). The all-in shoot day, which is the number to compare between rental houses, runs from $6,080 to $8,450.

Question 8

What is a cinebot, and is it the same as the Bolt?

Accepted Answer

A cinebot is a six-axis industrial robot arm tuned to carry a cinema camera and repeat a move to the frame at high speed. The word comes from Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), whose Bolt was marketed as the Bolt High-Speed Cinebot. When a producer asks for a cinebot, a camera robot or a robot arm, they almost always mean a Bolt.

Question 9

What is the Bolt camera, and how do I rent one in NYC?

Accepted Answer

People say "Bolt camera" for the shot and "Bolt" for the machine, and both mean the same thing: the MRMC Bolt, a high-speed robot arm that carries a cinema camera (a RED, an ARRI Alexa or our Phantom Flex4K) and whips it past a subject in half a second, then repeats the move to the frame. It is not a camera brand. We rent the Bolt camera robot in New York with our own operator and technician, from $6,930 all-in per shoot day.

Question 10

Cinebot Mini or Bolt Jr+: which compact robot should I rent?

Accepted Answer

The Bolt Jr+ is a scaled-down Bolt: Flair control, frame-accurate repeats, MRMC's own lens motors, a 22 lb payload and 4'11" of reach, on track, off a 120V outlet. The Cinebot Mini, Nano and Max are collaborative robots with camera software, built to cost less, and they give up payload, stability and repeatability to get there. We run the Bolt Jr+ in New York with an operator and technician, from $6,080 all-in. We do not carry the Cinebot range.

Question 11

What is included in a motion control day at Rambow?

Accepted Answer

Every Rambow day includes the robot, our own operator and technician, Flair software, the standard track, and the truck. Nothing is added later except overtime past 10 hours, extra track sections, turntables, and an extra technician on very long track runs.

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