Mark Setrakian has always loved robots.

Combining his two great passions: monsters and machines, Mark Setrakian started his film career at the age of nineteen at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic.

In 1987, Mark moved to Los Angeles and went to work for make-up effects legend Rick Baker. Heading up Rick's Mechanical Department, Mark pioneered cutting-edge creature effects, animatronics, and control software for such films as Men In Black, Men In Black II, The Grinch, and Mighty Joe Young to name a few. In subsequent years, Mark has tackled some of the most challenging and rewarding projects of his career: Hellboy, Lady In The Water, Land Of The Lost, Hellboy II, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and Pacific Rim. Mark is regarded by many of his colleagues as "the best mechanic in Hollywood," and is known for exceptionally expressive mechanisms that work without fail.

Parallel to his film career, Mark Setrakian is a founding competitor and celebrity in the engineering challenge/spectator sport of robotic combat. Mark was the Heavyweight Champion of Robot Wars, and has been voted to win Best Engineering, Best Design, and Coolest Robot seven times by his fellow competitors at BattleBots. Many young robot builders have cited Mark as their inspiration for getting into engineering and robotics.

As a robotics engineer specializing in bio-inspired mechanisms, Mark has developed robotic systems for diverse applications ranging from the health industry to next generation bomb squad robots.

All of Mark's experience in robotics, creature effects, and robot combat were put to the ultimate test when he created the twelve fighting robots of Syfy's Robot Combat League.