Trolley

A central part of the Robotics

The Trolley is a central component of the Electric Friends robotics. It carries both the Tower and Elevator and runs along the Electric Friends Tracks, where as many as four Trolleys can run along a single track. 

Its innovative design stems from a broadcaster-driven development process performed by a cross-functional team of broadcast-, electrical-, mechanical-, robot- and software engineers joined by broadcast directors and artists. 

Trolley Key Features

• The cable roll-in and roll-out mechanism enables integrated cable management.
• Heavy-duty design with a low center of gravity.
• Up to four Trolleys on one track.
• A patented steel wheel-on rubber rail solution secures vertical stability, minimizes rubber wear, and ensures rotational stability using double bogie wheels.
• Precise security is achieved in the outer soft-stop zone and the inner hardware security zone.
• Fault-tolerant QR-code-based tracking system provides sub-millimetre position accuracy.
• The built-in fiber color multiplexer provides bandwidth for conventional HD-SDI and IP broadcast signals to the camera, and the payload transports legacy control signals such as TALLY and RS-422 and IP-based control.
•  A generic platform, a third-party elevation system, and a PTZ head can be placed on top of the Trolley.