The engagement · 2024–2026
From a prototype in Arvin to Y Combinator’s launch post.
WERZ has filmed Cosmic Robotics since 2024, when its prototype was still proving itself beside a live crew in Arvin, California, in early trials with Sunstall’s SunRobi division. Every visit since has been a working jobsite rather than a set: a production deployment in Patterson, California in 2025, then two Cosmic-1 units on a utility-scale solar site in Southern Texas in 2026.
Each production left the team with footage it could keep using, not a one-off recap: a 41-clip field library from Arvin for fundraising updates, social and recruiting; a 60-second brand film with FAA Part 107 aerial from Patterson for the website, investor materials and press; and from Texas a 28-second hero cut, five supporting clips and a 175-frame stills library. A WERZ photograph of Cosmic-1 placing a solar panel led TechCrunch’s April 2025 story on the company.
In 2026 that field record became the Cosmic-1 launch film. It opens on Mars to state the company’s long-range thesis, then stays on a live solar site at 1x speed while the 10,000 lb robot lifts and places 90 lb panels beside the crew, with no cutaways. WERZ handled concept, field production, edit, color and sound design, and Y Combinator published the 01:07 film on LinkedIn as the company’s launch announcement.
01 / Arvin, CA — 2024
The prototype, proving itself.
First production in the Central Valley: the prototype working beside a live crew, shot as ground footage, stills, and a reusable field library.
02 / Patterson, CA — 2025
It had to feel like something was actually being built.
Golden-hour ground and FAA Part 107 aerial on a production deployment, cut to open a pitch or carry a deck.
03 / Southern Texas — 2026
Two robots, one live site.
Two Cosmic-1 units on a live Texas site: a 28-second hero cut, five supporting clips, and a 175-frame stills library.
04 / Cosmic-1 — launch film
The Cosmic‑1 launch film.
Three years of field record cut into one product story: an orbital open, then unbroken jobsite footage at 1x speed.
Where it ran
Y Combinator and TechCrunch, with our work up front.
Complete work
Six project pages, one client.
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