Robe Debuts New Products and Show at PLASARobe lighting reports having enjoyed a "brilliant" PLASA Show in London earlier this month. The company launched five new products and debuted a new expo live performance "experience." Robe also won commendations from the PLASA Innovation Award judges for its GLINT and AERIS technologies as featured in the new GigaPointe luminaire. Two new Arianne LED wash light products, Arianne 4 and Arianne 12, join the Arianne 6 and Arianne 2. Central to the range is an RGBL LED light source. A smooth zoom produces tight beams to broad washes, and individual LED ring control enables the creation of organic kinetic effects, additional movement, and visual interest. LEDBeam 400, the latest addition to the LEDBeam family, features twelve 55W RGBLime multichips that deliver 43,000 lux at 16.4' from this compact 24.25lb light that draws just 550W of power, packaged into the small LEDBeam series footprint. iT10 Profile is a space-saving version of Robe's larger iT12 Profile. It is IP65 protected. The company says its advanced, self managing, low maintenance ingress protection ensures consistent, stable performance in all scenarios -- theatre, broadcast, concert and theme park applications -- indoors or outdoors, whatever the weather. Robe's patented TRANSFERABLE ENGINE technology extends the fix¬ture's life, enabling LED upgra¬des. mySVOPATT is a moving version of Robe's static SVOPATT. Its pan-and-tilt head has nine precision modules, each containing seven 40W RGBW multichips, plus a central 200W white LED strobe, producing 75.000 lumens (integrating sphere). Versatile control is possible with numerous modes and protocols, including Art-Net and sACN for easy pixel mapping and network integration; RGB or CMY color mixing; adjustable CCT from 2,700K to 8,000K; an onboard DataSwatch co¬lor library with 66 preset colors; and tungsten lamp emulation. Devised by Robe's in-house creative team led by Nathan Wan and Andy Webb, A World Beyond Reflection -- Where Light Reveals All is another show-stopping Robe live expo concept. Around 250 new Robe lighting products from multiple product lines lit the spectacle, which ran every two hours. Included were the full Arianne range, the just-launched LEDBeam 400s, iT10 Profiles, and mySVOPATTS, plus the new GigaPointes, as well as iPAINTE LTMs, iESPRITE LTLs, iFORTE LTXs, WTF!s, LEDBeam 200s, SVB1s, iBOLTs, and FOOTSIE2 MC RGBWs, plus a RoboSpot remote followspot system. Supporting the lights in the show were nine live musicians from the group Flash Bang Brass. This fast-paced show is a departure from previous dance-oriented live expo pieces produced by Robe. The band and their instruments' wearable LEDs were also timecoded into the show, which was programmed on an Avolites D9 console. The show programming used 15 consecutive timelines with over 1,000 live-recorded cues featuring 800 different effects, and over 2500 cues were programmed into the console across a two-hour cycle, which included the VOG presentations. The D9 handled 55 DMX universes, utilizing two TNPs (Titan Network Processors) and an Ai Q3 pro media server. The D9 -- via its multiple screens -- provided real-time views of all content output, including a live feed from the RoboSpot camera during the show. Robe's new Arianne family was the main focus of the action, together with the GigaPointe. The show maximized the Arianne series' "lametastic" color mixing, massive output simplified LED ring control, and the intensity and dynamics of the GigaPointes. A back wall of SVB1s further illustrated the potential of beams and twinkling eye candy looks; a few Tetra2s brought a touch of old-school illuminative inspiration; and Robe's workhorse iPAINTE, iESPRITE, and iFORTE ranges were also prominent, along with the iBOLT. A KINETIC LIGHTS mirror disc with a winch was used at the start of the show, communicating with an Arianne 12 on a new Wahlberg lift platform coming up from the stage floor, which set the narrative for the piece, based on an AI-dominated world, where lights and musicians had to battle to retake control of human imagination. Robe was commended by the PLASA Innovation Award for its GLINT and AERIS features, as utilised in the new GigaPointe laser source fixture. The company says GLINT (GigaPointe Light Intensity Technology) delivers outstanding intensity, sharpness, flat field, contrast, and vivid gobo projection at any optical setting. Advanced optical elements and software algorithms optimise beam definition and performance, ensuring crisp, high-impact visuals. The patented GLINT system also maintains safe, consistent laser phosphor incoherent light, protecting audiences and equipment. AERIS (Airborne Emission Removal In-head System) technology instantly filters and scrubs air in the moving light head compartment, preventing airborne residues (like oil and other volatile organic compounds) from settling on optical elements such as lenses, prisms, gobos, and dichroic filters. British lighting control manufacturer Avolites is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and on Monday at PLASA, announced Peyre Emmanuel as the winner of its 50th Anniversary Golden Console competition. His name was drawn from a tombola live on the show floor by Josef Valchar, CEO of Robe Lighting. 
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