| Studio One was established in 1979 as a leading manufacturer of mannequins and statuary products for the clothing and retail markets. In 1981 Mike Clark took the position of Executive Director and began to develop new products and markets for the Company to expand into. The first area of expansion was new technologies for casting three-dimensional figures. After several years of research and development, a new casting procedure called Liquid Rotational Casting was born. This new technology enabled Studio One to design and fabricate products for retail markets but also launched the company into design and mold fabrication for the theme park industry. In 1989 Mike Clark teamed up with Peter Jungen, a computer software expert and together they revolutionized the world of robotics. One of the first projects was an animatronic system for restaurants. This would propel them into an unexplored field of technology, as they had to develop a new hydraulic system that would use water instead of hydraulic oil. They joined forces with mechanical engineer, Tom Kipp and together they gave birth to Aquadraulics®. This was the first hydraulic system to fully operate by water. Mike and his associates planned to take this technology into the entertainment robotics field and formed their new company Mannetron. This was the beginning of many entertainment robots created and installed by Mannetron throughout the globe. |
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