Core77.com recently published an article showing how Solid Concepts' ID-Light technology was utilized to create robot components for the movie Real Steel.
After seeing DreamWorks’ latest film Real Steel, you might be interested in learning about how the cast of robots was created. The film's creators wanted a number of real-life animatronic robot so that the movie could use a combination of real and computer generated robot fighters. Many of the robots and their various components were designed and fabricated by the team at Legacy Effects and utilized Solid Concepts' various rapid manufacturing technologies.
The cast of larger-than-life robots included 6 Hero (close-up) robots, 1 semi-destroyed robot and 20 background robots. "A few specific robots included Atom, who is 7’ 6” tall; Noisy Boy, who stands 8’ 6”; and Ambush who is 8' 2" tall," explained John Rosengrant, Legacy Effects’ partner and engineer.
Legacy Effects sought out Solid Concepts’ proprietary ID-Light technology to create many of the tooling masters needed for various robot parts. "ID-Light is a great material and holds sharp tolerances and accurate form," John said. "Best of all, it's very lightweight (about 1/12th the weight of solid SLA) and we use it all the time for tooling masters as well as static displays or props when appropriate."
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