Aurelia Robotics launches 'Studio Assist' and gets $30M to target creative automation in studios

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Studio Assist lets photographers choreograph camera moves, lighting adjustments, and live color grading through an intuitive timeline editor. The robotics platform supports multi-device synchronization and stores presets as reusable creative templates.

The Series A was led by Meridian Growth and will fund manufacturing scale-up, expanded software features, and partnerships with camera and lighting manufacturers. Aurelia plans to introduce collaborative workflows so directors and DPs can work remotely with local studio rigs.

Photographers testing the system appreciated the repeatability for product shoots and time savings for complex multi-angle captures, yet some expressed concern about losing hands-on control. Aurelia addressed this by exposing a granular manual override layer and maintaining a low-latency direct-control mode.