As Mannetron continued to build entertainment robots for venues all over the world, the research and development of new robotic technologies was on going.  The next stage was creating an anthropomorphic robot that would interact with its viewing audience.  After six weeks of design, Mannetron's team went into production on their first anthropomorphic robot.  What emerged after five months was Ilano.  A state of the art robot on it's own revolving stage, interacting with live communication to it's audience and expressing itself with 42 motions.

The operator wearing a telemetry suit designed by Mannetron is in a remote location looking through the eyes of the robot using virtual reality glasses.  The operator's gestures and speech are transmitted in real-time to Ilano, giving the audience the impression that the robot is alive as he speaks directly to them.

Following the success of Ilano was the creation of Maximillion, an anthropomorphic robot built specifically to rent to clients in the trade show exhibit industry.  Max had to be able to withstand being shipped all over the world with frequent set ups and breakdowns as he went from country to country to entertain the visitors of each show.  There is no other system available anywhere that has Max's performance record or his reliability,  He and his complete show system have been shipped to sites all over the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East with rave results.

Technical Specifications:  Operating system is Syncon4 show control operating 42 position control motions, 42 telemetry suit sensors, telemetry suit scaling, telemetry suit end stops and dampening, video, audio, including special effects sounds and live voice.  Motion system in a combination of harmonic drives (brushless DC) and Aquadraulics.