SPAR Brings Prehistoric Creature to Life

BRAMPTON, Ontario - With a well-established reputation for creating the world's most futuristic space robotics, Spar has turned the calendar back millions of years to bring its talents to the re-creation of nature's most fascinating and magnificent creatures ever: the dinosaur.

Spar, in cooperation with Universal City Development Partners (UDCP) of Orlando, Florida is providing state-of-the-art robotically animated dinosaurs. The agreement with Universal Studios will see Spar design and build three animated dinosaurs, the first of which was delivered February, 1999.

Spar's robotics expertise was gained initially in the development of the famous space shuttle Canadarm. That expertise is now coupled with the talents of Universal Creative and Hall Train Moving Pictures to provide the most life-like, large-scale, highly realistic animated dinosaurs ever developed.

"For more than 15 years, Spar's robotics have been used by astronauts to help them explore and experience the wonders of space," noted Chris Woodland, program director at Spar. "Now that expertise will be available firsthand for everyone to experience the wonders of one of earth's most extraordinary creatures brought back from extinction."