Robe Lighting enjoyed an excellent edition of PLASA London 2026, adding to the energy and great atmosphere of this long-running exhibition dedicated to showcasing the latest innovations in entertainment and leisure technology.
Robe launched five new products, reinforcing the manufacturer's commitment to PLASA London as a creative and commercial hub and meeting point for the industry, while also debuting a new live performance for the show.
Robe also received commendations from the PLASA Innovation Awards judges for its GLINT and AERIS technologies, featured in the new GigaPointe luminaire. The team also enjoyed the atmosphere at the Avolites stand, where the Golden Console winner was selected, bringing an eight-month campaign celebrating the brand's 50th anniversary to a close.
Products launched
Arianne 4™ and Arianne 12™
Two new Arianne LED wash luminaires —Arianne 4 and Arianne 12— now join Arianne 6 and Arianne 2, completing a family of fixtures offering powerful, high-quality output, excellent colour mixing, attractive animation effects and reliable performance, all housed in a compact, fully sealed and weatherised enclosure designed to reduce maintenance time.
At the heart of the Arianne range is an RGBL LED light source featuring a lime chip that delivers vivid colours, bright, high-clarity output and smooth colour mixing, along with a range of natural CT whites. A smooth zoom provides the versatility to produce everything from tight beams to broad washes, while individual LED ring control enables the creation of organic kinetic effects, additional movement and visual interest.
The Arianne family is a practical choice for professional lighting applications requiring less cleaning and maintenance, helping to facilitate faster turnarounds.
LEDBeam 400™
LEDBeam 400 retains all the features and functionality that have made the LEDBeam series so popular, while incorporating a significantly more powerful LED engine without sacrificing its compact and highly portable design.
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Twelve 55 W RGBLime multichips deliver approximately 43,000 lux at 5 metres from this compact 11 kg luminaire, which draws just 550 W of power. The result is high output efficiency, vibrant colours and excellent illumination, all within the characteristic compact footprint of the LEDBeam series.
iT10 Profile™
This is a more compact version of Robe's iT12 Profile, retaining the expected tools, features, options and quality of light, including precise, repeatable and high-impact static profile performance.
This luminaire is IP65-rated and engineered for real-world use, making it suitable for demanding environments. Its advanced, self-managing, low-maintenance ingress protection system ensures stable and consistent performance in theatre, broadcast, concert and theme park applications, both indoors and outdoors and regardless of weather conditions.
Robe's patented TRANSFERABLE ENGINE technology extends the life of the luminaire, enabling easy in-the-field replacements and future LED upgrades.
mySVOPATT™
This unique luminaire is a moving version of Robe's static SVOPATT, designed both as a striking scenic centrepiece and as a powerful tool for visual effects.
The Pan and Tilt head features nine precision modules, each equipped with 7 × 40 W RGBW multichips, plus a central 200 W white LED strobe. As a result, mySVOPATT delivers an output of more than 75,000 lumens —measured using an integrating sphere—.
It offers extensive control possibilities through various modes and protocols, including ArtNet and sACN for easy pixel mapping and network integration; RGB or CMY colour mixing; adjustable CCT from 2,700 K to 8,000 K; an onboard DataSwatch™ colour library with 66 preset colours; and tungsten lamp emulation for creating classic lighting effects and retro ambiences.
New live performance experience: Beyond Reflection
Created by Robe's in-house creative team, led by Nathan Wan and Andy Webb, A World Beyond Reflection – Where Light Reveals All is a new live show concept developed by Robe for the exhibition.
The concept takes a completely new direction in its aim to showcase Robe's latest technologies in a memorable way and within a real show-driven context, through a high-energy ten-minute performance featuring the immersive LED rave experience Flash Bang Brass. Its combination of drums, brass, vocals and tracks quickly brought the show to life.
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Around 250 new Robe lighting products from different product lines were used to light the show, which ran every two hours throughout the exhibition. The setup included the Arianne range —Arianne 2, 4, 6 and 12—; the newly launched LEDBeam 400, iT10 Profile and mySVOPATT; the new GigaPointe; as well as iPAINTE LT, iESPRITE LT, iFORTE LTX, WTF!, LEDBeam 200, SVB1, iBOLT and FOOTSIE2 MC RGBW, together with a RoboSpot remote follow-spotting system. The lighting was accompanied by nine live musicians from Flash Bang Brass, whose sound combines club, electronic and pop beats.
This fast-paced show marked a departure from Robe's previous, more dance-oriented exhibition performances, embracing an abstract and energetic aesthetic defined by colour and visual effects, while also creating space to play with negative spaces and incorporating live music.
The LEDs worn by the band and fitted to their instruments were also timecoded into the show, which was programmed on an Avolites D9 console.
The programming used 15 consecutive timelines, with more than 1,000 live-recorded cues incorporating 800 different effects. In total, more than 2,500 cues were programmed into the console across a two-hour cycle, which also included the VOG presentations.
The D9 handled 55 DMX universes using two TNPs —Titan Network Processors— and an Ai Q3 Pro media server. Through its multiple screens, the D9 provided real-time views of all output content, including a live feed from the RoboSpot camera during the show.
Robe's new Arianne family was one of the main focuses of the action, together with the high-output GigaPointe. The show maximised the Arianne series' lime-based colour mixing, high output and simplified LED ring control, as well as the intensity and dynamics of the GigaPointes.
A back wall of SVB1s further demonstrated the possibilities of beams and eye-catching visual effects; several Tetra2s added a touch of old-school lighting inspiration, while the power and versatility of Robe's iPAINTE, iESPRITE and iFORTE ranges also played a prominent role, together with the power of the iBOLT.
The creative team also developed a dedicated soundtrack and video content for this high-impact performance, which attracted considerable attention around the stand throughout the exhibition.
At the beginning of the show, a KINETIC LIGHTS mirror disc with winch interacted with an Arianne 12 mounted on a new Wahlberg lift platform rising from the stage floor. This element established the narrative of the piece, based on an AI-dominated world in which the lights and musicians had to fight to regain control of human imagination. The band pumped up the bass while the brass played through a KV2 audio system.
Innovation Awards Commendation
Robe received a commendation from the PLASA Innovation Awards for its GLINT and AERIS technologies, used in the new laser-source GigaPointe luminaire.
GLINT™ (GigaPointe® Light Intensity Technology) delivers high intensity, sharpness, flat-field uniformity, contrast and crisp gobo projection at any optical setting. Advanced optical elements and software algorithms optimise beam definition and performance to create sharp, high-impact visuals. The patented GLINT™ system also maintains safe and consistent incoherent laser-phosphor light, protecting both audiences and equipment.
AERIS™ (Airborne Emission Removal In-head System) technology instantly filters and cleans the air inside the moving-head compartment, preventing airborne residues —such as oils and other volatile organic compounds— from settling on optical elements including lenses, prisms, gobos and dichroic filters. AERIS™ keeps these surfaces clean, extending service intervals and significantly reducing maintenance costs.
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The judges —all industry professionals and practitioners— noted that, by paying careful attention to the detrimental impact of potential contaminants inside the head of a moving light:
Robe has developed multiple mechanisms to maintain a cleaner internal environment within a fixture, potentially reducing maintenance intervals and costs while also prolonging optimum performance.
The judges also highlighted that AERIS, alongside previous innovations, will progressively be adopted across Robe's product ranges, contributing to improved long-term reliability.
Avolites 50th Anniversary: Golden Console
British lighting control manufacturer Avolites, now A Robe Business, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and announced Peyre Emmanuel as the winner of its 50th Anniversary Golden Console competition on the Monday of PLASA. His name was drawn live on the show floor by Josef Valchar, CEO of Robe Lighting.
The competition, which ran from 1 February to 31 August 2026 as part of the Avo50 celebrations, offered participants worldwide the chance to win a completely unique anniversary console: an exclusive 24-carat gold-plated D3-010, the only one in existence.
A total of 854 people entered the competition, registering through the Avolites Competition Portal and collecting Golden Tokens by completing various Avolites-related activities over the seven months. These included attending official Avo50 events, completing in-person or online Avolites Academy training, taking part in monthly hidden challenges and posting on social media using the #Avo50 hashtag. The 50 entrants with the highest number of Golden Tokens advanced to the final selection, from which Peyre's name was drawn.
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