Robe Launches GigaPointe at ISE 2026 Robe s.r.o. launched its new GigaPointe luminaire at the 2026 Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) expo in Barcelona last week. The company staged a full expo live production show, Excalibur -- The Lights of the Round Table. This was the second variant of a full-tilt, dramatic themed show featuring acrobat Oskar Skrypko performing with two dancers and Pauline, an industrial robot. GigaPointes were also central to the show's lighting and production design, with the entire Robe live experience attracting huge crowds to the stand, piquing interest in this, plus all the other new Robe technology that was on display and available for closer examination in two demo areas. In addition to the GigaPointe, Robe launched two other products -- the T10 PC and the T10 Fresnel -- the latest expansion to its award-winning T-Series of theatrical luminaires. The Robe booth celebrated its other brands and businesses -- Anolis, Avolites, LSC Control Systems, and Artistic Licence -- highlighting their latest products. GigaPointe is powered by Robe's advanced LSW-3 engine and white 350W phosphor laser source that produces >4.000.000 lux at 16,5'. The 150mm front lens is highly attractive in itself, and precision optics create beautiful flat-field beams, dynamic shapes, and stunning effects, the company says. GigaPointe offers a 1.8-degree to 21-degree beam and 3-degree to 42-degree spot modes that automatically adjust based on the selected effects. Beam reducers and 1-degree and 5-degree frosts provide additional options. The unit features a CMY color-mixing system and a 13-color dichroic wheel as well as the DataSwatch virtual library with 66 pre-programmed colors. An extensive effects toolkit includes static and rotating gobo wheels and the patented SpektraBeam engine. MLP stackable multi-level prisms have independent speed and directional control for added depth, while a 540-degree pan is also available. Robe-patented features in GigaPointe include GLINT (GigaPointe Light Intensity Technology), which helps produce light intensity, beam sharpness, a flat field, contrast, and vivid gobo projection at any optical setting. The T10 PC and T10 Fresnel luminaires feature a compact design aimed at smaller theatres, studios, and spaces while retaining all the features and benefits of Robe's larger T11 PC / Fresnel, including a smooth, softer beam, offering great performance and value, the company says. The T-Series' color finesse is maintained using the MSL (Multi-Spectral Light) additive colour mixing concept combined with innovative Robe TE technology (TRANSFERABLE ENGINE), while the MSL-TE 200W LED engine produces over 10.500 lumens plus all the advantages of cost saving, exchange or replacement. The units offer a virtually controlled CCT range of 2,700K to 8,000K (extended range 1,800K - 10,000K), a set of calibrated whites, as well as authentic-looking tungsten emulation for ultra-precision control, the company says. Imagined and produced by the in-house creative team led by Nathan Wan and Andy Webb, "Excalibur" was a megamix of lighting genres and styles combined with dance and acrobatic performance, pumping music, strong narrative and gravity-defying performance. Twenty-four GigaPointes were at center stage, rigged on four vertical trusses upstage, giving a six-by-four matrix style back wall of light, featured prominently during the show. They were used for spot and beam effects and for eye-candy. The fixtures were deployed this way in part to illustrate that they could hold their own against units, which added up to over 250 in a small area: iFORTE LTX, iESPRITE LTL, and iPAINTE LTM luminaires; T10s and T11s; Tetra2s; FOOTSIE2s; SVB1s on four-bars; SVOPATT Classics; and PAINTE Fresnels. The SVB1s were used in the show's middle section as sparkling egg-strobe effects, which could also be layered to accent beats and rhythms in the music while retaining the base color. Pixel control over the display screen adds another layer of twinkle when needed. Three iESPRITE LTLs were used as followspots -- one each for the three performers -- running on three RoboSpot systems and operated by students selected from different international elements of Robe's NRG -- Next Robe Generation -- educational initiative. Six students were selected from Germany, the UK, Lithuania, and Belgium through an open call and joined Robe at the expo. In addition to running the RoboSpots and assisting on the NRG section of the booth, this was a chance to network, learn, and gain valuable experience from a busy key industry event. "Excalibur" was programmed and run on an Avolites D9-215 console. The show scenography, video content and costumes were also all designed and produced by Robe's creative team, working closely with a choreographer and Oskar Skrypko, who evolved his own moves with Pauline, the brainchild of Ulik Robotic Shows, managed by Ulrich Kahlert. 
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