I engineer custom multi-axis motion-control system designed specifically for scientific research and natural-history cinematography. Built with industrial-grade components and original code (that I have made open source), this system delivers precise, repeatable motion with the flexibility to adapt to virtually any application. It brings laboratory reliability and cinematic production quality together in one powerful platform that can be set up and operated by a single user.  All designs use a wireless controller (playstation 2) and offer integrated focus control, camera start/stop and HDMI or SDI monitoring.  Contact Will to hire this equipment or to request a custom build.
  • Tripod supported jib that extends to 13' with 22 lb payload 
  • Integrated focus control, camera start/stop and HDMI/SDI monitoring
  • Distributed motor control (Arduino Mega + 5 Nano axis controllers)
  • Advanced motion modes:
    • Timelapse
    • Bounce 
    • Waypoints
  • Designed for live manual control or smooth, repeatable cinematic motion
  • Integrated linear actuators for up/down, forward/reverse, left/right camera travel 30cm in each direction
  • Wireless controller for real-time manual operation
  • Integrated focus control, camera start/stop and HDMI/SDI monitoring
  • Distributed motor control (Arduino Mega + 4 Nano axis controllers)
  • Advanced modes:
    • Turntable function integrates a 18" rotational stage that can be operated manually or in concert with timelapse modes to rotate the subject 360 degrees
  • Designed for rapid camera positioning for scientific photography or multi-axis cinematic camera movement for macro cinematography 
The MOCO studio platform was recently used to pursue novel research into amphibian morphology!
FULL CITATION
Brown, C.E., Goldenberg, W.P., Hinds, O.M., O'Donnell, M.K. and Staub, N.L. (2025), Vascular and Osteological Morphology of  Expanded Digit Tips Suggests Specialization in the Wandering Salamander (Aneides vagrans). Journal of Morphology, 286: e70026. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70026

​"Will's motion control system is allowing us to make exciting discoveries in salamander biomechanics that were previously impossible via conventional methods."
Dr. Christian Brown
Assistant Professor of Zoology
Kentucky Wesleyan College

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