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Jigabot AIMe sets your cameras on autofollow

Is this motorized tracking mount the future of camera/robot love?

Lori Grunin Senior Editor / Advice
I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but previously spent many years concentrating on cameras. I've also volunteered with a cat rescue for over 15 years doing adoptions, designing marketing materials, managing volunteers and, of course, photographing cats.
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Lori Grunin
This is a preproduction version of the AIMe IR transmitter.
A mockup of the AIMe mount in camo.

LAS VEGAS -- Jigabot's developed an intriguing system for action shooting, the AIMe, composed of a wearable (or mountable) IR transmitter -- called EmIT -- and a motorized mount that pans and tilts your camera (or camcorder, or smartphone) to follow the subject. You can attach multiple Emitters to the subject, and they've got a range of up to about 150 feet. The mount rotates 360 degrees horizontally and tilts 120 degrees up and down.

This has a boatload of potential applications. Though the initial version will require line-of-sight, the company has plans for RF, and non-line-of-sight IR as well. More notably, it will be relatively inexpensive at launch: $299 for a kit with various mounts, as well as an Emit and the mount puts it within reach for most enthusiasts. (Here's a PDF with the complete specs.) I can't wait to give this a shot when it launches in June.

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