in conversation with
PROTEC
PROTEC
European Events
Robotics Open
Day 2018
How the industry reacted to this
exciting new event technology.
Protec European Events
organised an open day to
showcase the latest in innovative
event technology at their UK
base in Birmingham. Driven by an
ambition to continually raise the
bar of creativity, they proudly
showcased their robotic
technology to a select few
guests and clients. We caught up
with Stephen Lakin, owner and
CEO of the Protec group and
Chris Bramwell, director of Protec
European Events, to ask them
a few questions.
First off, tell us about the open day...
was it a success?
Chris Bramwell: Initially, we reached out to our clients and connections
in the UK to come in and see the robots in action.
We wanted to demonstrate to small intimate groups so we ended
up running it over two days. Seeing it first-hand really impresses and
surprises people! The robots were integrated with our video, lighting
and audio department to create an immersive audio-visual experience.
With each robot capable of carrying up to 250kg, they were able to
move large LED screens with speed and pinpoint accuracy. Over the
open days we were able to demonstrate this in action whilst showing
content of the robots at real events drawing portraits, being bartenders at
our RoboBar, or even interacting with dancers.