RAUBAY KINETIX Model F Detailed – Five-Axis Motion Control With DJI RS Integration

by Alexandra ThompsonSeptember 12^th, 2026

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RAUBAY used IBC 2026 to introduce KINETIX, a new sub-brand aimed at affordable motion control, and its first product is the Model F: a 1.8m motorized jib that mounts a DJI RS gimbal instead of a dedicated remote head, giving five axes of controlled movement for a target price of $2,000 to $3,000. We spoke to founder Tiancheng Pan at the booth about the design, the software, and why the arm is built back to front.

RAUBAY is not a name most cinematographers will associate with motion control. The Sacramento-based company has built its business on backdrop systems, light stands, mounting arms, and 360-degree spinners, according to its own product range. KINETIX is the label it has created for a move into motorized camera movement, and Pan, the owner and founder of the company, was clear that affordability is the entire premise. The naming follows from that engineering mindset: the jib is called Model F because F equals m times a, Newton’s second law, which Pan pointed out is what any motion control system is actually managing when it accelerates and decelerates a camera.

The arm is built the wrong way round on purpose

Look at a conventional jib and the camera end usually rides on a pair of parallel poles, with a single pole running back to the counterweight. The Model F reverses that. It has one pole on the front (camera side) and two on the rear. Pan said this is deliberate groundwork: the single front section is intended to telescope in a future version of the jib, extending the camera end during a move rather than only swinging it. That capability isn’t in this first unit, so anyone evaluating the Model F should judge it on the fixed-length arm it currently has.

Total length is 1.8m (5.9ft). The front pole collapses down to bring the system to roughly 1.2m (3.9ft), which is also the transport length, and the jib ships in its own travel case. For a product pitched at creators who are expected to carry it to locations themselves rather than load it onto a grip truck, that number might matter more than the extended reach does.

Five axes, two of them from a gimbal you already own

The most interesting decision here is what RAUBAY chose not to build. The jib contributes two motorized axes of its own, panning the arm and booming it up and down, and rather than putting a dedicated remote head on the end of it, the company made the arm compatible with the DJI Ronin RS series. The gimbal supplies pan, tilt, and roll at the camera, and those three plus the arm’s two are how the setup reaches five axes.

Pan said the Model F supports RS 2 through to the current RS 5, and his argument for the approach is cost. A large share of the target audience already owns one of these gimbals, so requiring them to buy the extra head as well, as he put it, means paying a second time for movement they already have on the shelf.

Control of the gimbal is integrated into RAUBAY’s own software rather than requiring a separate DJI controller alongside the jib controller. That is the part of the claim we would want to test properly, because gimbal integration through a third-party control layer is exactly where these systems tend to become fragile in practice.

Payload is quoted at around 6kg (13.2lb) in total for the arm, and Pan put the usable camera package at roughly 4kg (8.8lb) once the weight of the gimbal itself is subtracted. In practice, the gimbal, not the jib, is likely to set the ceiling: the RS 5 we reviewed earlier this year is rated for 3kg (6.6lb) and weighs about 1.2kg (2.6lb) itself. That leaves room for a mirrorless body with a zoom, or a stripped-back compact cinema camera, and not much more.

Programming a move without a laptop on set

Control runs through a mobile app and PC software, with support for PS5 and Xbox game controllers planned for a later release. More practically, a manual control handle sits at the camera end of the arm. You physically move the camera to the position you want, press the button on the handle, and the system records the point in the app and the PC software. Move to the next position, press again, and the system builds the path between the recorded points. It is a teach-and-repeat workflow rather than a keyframe timeline, which is the right call for a product intended to be set up quickly by one person.

Pan also confirmed that the software is developed in-house, is free, and is included in the purchase price, with no separate license or subscription for the control application. Given how many motion control systems tie their real functionality to paid software or a proprietary controller, that is worth holding the company to at launch.

Power comes from an NP-F battery or from a DC input, so the arm can run tethered on a stage or standalone on location. NP-F is a sensible choice for the target user, since anyone already running small lights or a monitor is likely to have a handful of those cells and a charger in the bag.

Why RAUBAY thinks the timing is right

Asked where the idea came from, Pan pointed to direct feedback from creators telling the company that existing motion control is simply too expensive, and to a budget environment he expects to tighten further. His reasoning was blunt: production budgets contracted after Covid, and he expects AI to compress video production spending further, which in his view pushes demand toward systems that cost thousands rather than tens of thousands. That is a manufacturer’s read on the market rather than a measured one, but it explains the product.

The Model F is also positioned as the starting point, not the whole idea. Pan said KINETIX is intended to grow into a connected motion control range, with a dolly and an electronically controlled tripod planned alongside the telescoping jib movement, so that the individual pieces can be programmed as one system. For now, that is a roadmap rather than a product line, and the Model F has to stand on its own until the rest of it exists.

Price and availability

Pricing is not final. RAUBAY is currently working toward a range of $2,000 to $3,000 for the Model F, and is targeting the NAB Show in Las Vegas in April 2027 for release, which means the unit on the IBC booth is a long way from a shipping product. We expect to see an updated version there, and we will report on how far it has moved.

To learn more about the company, please visit the RAUBAY website.

Would reusing a DJI RS gimbal make a motion-control jib like this more practical for your productions? Don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below!