Abstract: A robot for capturing image frames of subjects in response to a request includes a base, a robot head, a camera, a vertical positioning mechanism, and a control system. The base has a transport mechanism for controllably positioning the robot along a lateral surface. The vertical positioning mechanism couples the robot head to the base and adjusts a vertical distance between the robot head and the support surface. The control system controls image capture of the camera, the transport mechanism, and the vertical positioning mechanism.

Abstract: A robotics camera system includes a camera robot that is in wireless communication with a robot cloud server through a cloud network such as the Internet. A user having a mobile device desires to utilize a particular camera robot. The user mobile device may wirelessly communicate with the camera robot either directly or indirectly, through the cloud network. User interaction with the camera robot may be to initiate a photo session and/or to have the camera robot follow the user through a venue. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction through a social media platform. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction by utilizing a designated application that runs upon the user's mobile device. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction with the use of a two-dimensional machine-readable code element. In some embodiments the user initiates an interaction with a plurality of robots that work collaboratively.

Abstract: A robot for capturing image frames of subjects in response to a request includes a base, a robot head, a camera, a vertical positioning mechanism, and a control system. The base has a transport mechanism for controllably positioning the robot along a lateral surface. The vertical positioning mechanism couples the robot head to the base and adjusts a vertical distance between the robot head and the support surface. The control system controls image capture of the camera, the transport mechanism, and the vertical positioning mechanism.

Abstract: A robot for capturing image frames of subjects in response to a request includes a base, a robot head, a camera, an angular positioning mechanism, a vertical positioning mechanism, and a control system. The base has a transport mechanism for controllably positioning the robot along a lateral surface. The angular positioning mechanism couples the camera to the robot head and controls a tilt of the camera. The vertical positioning mechanism couples the robot head to the base and adjusts a vertical distance between the robot head and the support surface. The control system controls image capture of the camera, the transport mechanism, the angular positioning mechanism, and the vertical positioning mechanism.

Abstract: A robotics camera system includes a camera robot that is in wireless communication with a robot cloud server through a cloud network such as the Internet. A user having a mobile device desires to utilize a particular camera robot. The user mobile device may wirelessly communicate with the camera robot either directly or indirectly, through the cloud network. User interaction with the camera robot may be to initiate a photo session and/or to have the camera robot follow the user through a venue. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction through a social media platform. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction by utilizing a designated application that runs upon the user's mobile device. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction with the use of a two-dimensional machine-readable code element. In some embodiments the user initiates an interaction with a plurality of robots that work collaboratively.

Abstract: A robot for capturing image frames of subjects in response to a request includes a base, a robot head, a camera, an angular positioning mechanism, a vertical positioning mechanism, and a control system. The base has a transport mechanism for controllably positioning the robot along a lateral surface. The angular positioning mechanism couples the camera to the robot head and controls a tilt of the camera. The vertical positioning mechanism couples the robot head to the base and adjusts a vertical distance between the robot head and the support surface. The control system controls image capture of the camera, the transport mechanism, the angular positioning mechanism, and the vertical positioning mechanism.