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We are specialists in precision scanning guided by true human craft for building unparalleled photorealistic virtual worlds. By blending advanced scanning technology with real human interpretation, we create unrivalled photorealistic virtual collections.
Robot Air, with its HQ in Cape Town South African is digital-capture studio where human craft and advanced scanning technology meet. We create high-fidelity, AAA-standard assets for film, television, gaming, and virtual production, but what makes our work distinct is the people behind the data.
“Machines can capture the world. Humans give it meaning”
Our scan artists read environments, cultures, textures, and biomes with a sensitivity AI cannot replicate. We collaborate with technology, not compete with it, using our creative judgment to bring nuance, authenticity, and emotional intelligence into every capture.
From full-body scans to complex LiDAR environments, props and aerial photogrammetry, our team offers bespoke, location-specific capture shaped by human insight and guided by years of field experience across Africa and beyond.
ABOUT US
PAST AND PRESENT COLLABORATIONS
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1 FULL BODY SCANNING
Our precision rigs capture lifelike digital doubles, but it’s our artists who refine the subtle details, skin behavior, clothing nuance, unique facial character. The result: digital humans are built not just from data, but from understanding.
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2 LiDAR SCANNING
LiDAR gives us the raw structure of a space. Our team shapes that structure into something usable: accurate, intentional, production-ready! We know what matters for art departments, VFX layout, virtual production and real-time workflows, and capture accordingly.
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3 DRONE SCANNING
After 15 years of capturing drone photogrammetry, our team has a world of experience interpreting the needs for drone scanning. From natural biomes to dense cities, our approach balances drone precision with human sensitivity to terrain, light and environmental authenticity.
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4 PROP SCANNING
We scan props the way a cinematographer or game artist looks at them: studying how materials behave, where the eye is drawn, what details convey story and scale. Every object receives the same handcrafted attention, whether it’s a hero prop or part of a wider set.
5 FULL ENVIRONMENT BREAKDOWN
Environment scanning isn’t just a technical task, it’s a reading of place. Our team analyses biomes, structures, micro-elements and surface qualities, deciding what should be captured, why, and how. This informed approach creates richer, more emotionally grounded digital worlds.
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