Kinetics & mechatronics
Objects that move with purpose: breathing, pressing, rotating and waving in sync with content and sound.
- Stepper motors
- Linear actuators
- Servo drives
Custom manufacturing · Fabrica + Lab
Built from
Built from
scratch.
When nothing in the catalogue fits, we build it. Kinetic sculptures, interactive exhibits and one-off hardware, researched in our Lab, prototyped and produced in our Fabrica workshop, and installed by the same team.
StandardOur products, as they are
Made to measureOur products, adapted
Made from scratchYour idea, engineered
Core competencies
Everything between the idea and the install.
One team covers mechanics, electronics, software, content and space. Nothing gets lost between suppliers, and every discipline sits in the same room.
Sensing & physical computing
We make spaces aware of people: presence, touch, gesture, position and objects, wired into IoT hardware we design ourselves.
- Radar presence
- Gyro & motion
- RFID & tokens
- ESP microcontrollers
Realtime engines
Hardware and pixels move as one. Our engines drive screens, projections and LED walls from live sensor data.
- Unity
- Unreal
- Lighting control
- Sound
Spatial & architectural integration
Our 3D studio designs the space around the experience and lets you walk through it in VR before anything is built.
- 3D & VR simulation
- Touring builds
- Plug & play exhibits
Software & middleware
Custom middleware, show control and our own realtime platform, so bespoke pieces are monitored and updated like our products.
- Custom middleware
- MQTT platform
- Hardware consulting
Fabrication & finishing
Precise craftsmanship in our own workshop, from first mock-up to the finished, road-ready piece.
- Rapid prototyping
- Enclosures
- Exhibit building
What we have
A workshop, a lab and a studio under one roof.
Our divisions work side by side, so a sketch in the morning can be a working mock-up by the evening.
1,000m² Fabrica workshop
3Divisions
3Cities
1Team, idea to install
Fabrica
The workshop
Our factory floor for prototypes, exhibits and hardware. This is where digital ideas become things you can touch.
Lab
R&D hub
We invest in the latest hardware devices and AI tools, and test new ways for people to interact with technology.
3D studio
Design & VR
Spaces and exhibits are designed in 3D and explored in real time in VR, so decisions happen before the build.
Studios
Content & code
Games, realtime content and software for brands, exhibits and retail, built by the same company as the hardware.
R&D & prototyping
A prototype says more than a thousand words.
Some ideas start as a 3D simulation, others need real things to try and play with. We build early and often, so we can measure what people actually do and not what we hope they'll do.
Brief & research
We dig into the story, the space and the audience, and scout the right technology.
→ Concept directionSimulate
3D and VR versions of the experience test sightlines, flow and scale before anything is cut.
→ Walkable 3D designPrototype
Rough, fast, physical. We build the key interaction and put real people in front of it.
→ Working proofEngineer & build
The proven prototype becomes robust, safe, serviceable hardware, built in Fabrica.
→ Show-ready pieceInstall & run
We install, commission and monitor it on our platform, on tour or permanently.
→ Live experience
Lab project
Mazecubix
A spatial maze exploring new ways to play in physical space.
Lab projectAura: the Lightbringer
A story-driven interactive installation.
Lab projectRealistic character takeover
Realtime deep fake, built on Unreal.
From prototype to productOur product lines
RFID Universal, Gesture Ring and Rotary Control all started as custom builds for our own shows.
Work
Made from scratch, on show.
A selection of bespoke builds. The full stories live on our studio site.
Illustration · the four stations
Nike · Air Max DN8 launch
Kinetic storytelling at the House of Innovation, Paris.
Together with satis&fy we built four kinetic stations that turn the shoe's responsive air technology into motion visitors can see and feel.
Breathing 8Two shoes on stacked red pillows move in and out like a breath.
PressureSynchronised motors press into reflective fabric.
Mirror waveMirrors rotate independently in a sinusoidal wave.
Tracked sneakerVisitors turn a real shoe and drive a realtime render.
Stepper motorsLinear actuatorsServo drivesRadar presenceGyro sensorsUnityLighting controlESP
View the full case study
Škoda · Let's Explore Roadshow
A touring exhibition, built to travel
Touch & token tables, a body controller, short- and long-range RFID and the 8 × 3 m Odometer tunnel, packed for the road.
Beiersdorf · Heritage RoomExhibits for a century of brands
A replica pharmacy shelf with transparent OLED and RFID, a 65" token table and a rotating sphere that shows every brand location.
Stop watching. Start doing.
Start a project brief.
Tell us what you want people to feel and where it happens. We'll come back with a direction, a first prototype plan and the team to build it.
The storyWhat should guests understand?
The spaceWhere, how big, how long?
The audienceWho, and how many?
The timingWhen does it open?
info@studioborabora.com · Cologne · Hamburg · Barcelona