A fleet that moves like one body.
An eight-robot ensemble for a festival mainstage — each motion locked to BPM, every beat sharing the room.
Eight robots, two rows, one BPM clock. An opener that scaled with the production but didn't compete with the act — the entrance was already underway before the headliner appeared.
The brief
A music festival mainstage host wanted an opener that scaled with the production but didn't compete with the act. They had pyro, lasers, and a 12,000-person crowd already primed. The robots had to feel like part of the room, not a sideshow.
The work
Eight robots in two staggered rows, choreographed to the BPM of the headline DJ's intro track. We shared a master clock with the lighting director so beam angles, fleet motion, and the BPM dropped on the same frame.
Three days of programming on-site, full tech rehearsal with the act's tour manager, two stand-by configurations in case the BPM shifted between soundcheck and showtime.
The moment
As the BPM dropped, the fleet hit the floor in sequence — a 16-beat cascade across both rows. The crowd reaction made the act's entrance feel inevitable.
The headliner walked on five seconds later. The room was already on its feet.
Gallery
We didn't ask the audience to look at the robots. We asked the robots to share the room — and they did.— Tempo Robots, post-show notes