Robert A. Denton, Inc. was founded in 1974 by Robert Denton as a result of  research work in automotive safety conducted at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. At the heart of developing improved vehicle safety is crash testing using anthropomorphic dummies for the acquisition of force and impact data. In this area, Denton transducers excel, gathering and transmitting data to recording devices. Denton's first products included neck and femur load cells. Over the years new transducers were designed and produced to support the evolution of the various types of anthropomorphic dummies as well as other specialized areas of force measurement. Robert A. Denton, Inc designed virtually all the load cells used in today’s anthropomorphic test dummies. While the major market we service continues to be automotive, our company responds to a broad range of industry requirements including devices to serve aerospace, aviation, biomechanics, recreation, and various segments of science and research. As part of our commitment to further the advancement of vehicle safety, a number of our staff are members of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), a worldwide professional organization of automotive and aerospace design engineers. These individuals are members and chairpersons of SAE design and research committees specifying the design, implementation, and data analysis aspects of vehicular crash research.

Our Mission

Robert A. Denton, Inc. is committed to being the world's preferred provider of sophisticated force measurement devices and related services. We are focusing our efforts on the vehicle safety industry with emphasis on the automotive and aerospace markets. Our intention is to always exceed our customer's expectations by providing the best in innovative, reliable solutions in products, systems and services. We will enhance our position as the world's leader in the design, development and manufacture of force transducers and related systems and services through the continuous development of our people and organization. We will continue to play a key role in the further development of safer vehicles - ultimately saving lives.

Robert A. Denton Inc. established Denton ATD, Inc. on July 17, 2000 after the purchase of Applied Safety Technologies Corporation (ASTC) in Milan, Ohio, USA.  Denton ATD, Inc. produces a full line of regulated and non-regulated crash dummies and dummy laboratory calibration equipment for the automotive safety and aerospace industries. While the major market we service continues to be automotive, our company responds to a broad range of industry requirements including ATD devices to serve aerospace, aviation, biomechanics, recreation and various segments of science and research. As part of our commitment to further the advancement of vehicle safety, a number of our staff are members of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), a worldwide professional organization of automotive and aerospace engineers. These engineers are members and chairpersons of SAE design and research committees specifying the design, implementation and data analysis aspects of vehicular crash research.

Our Mission

Denton ATD, Inc. is committed to being the world’s preferred provider of anthropomorphic test devices (ATD’s) - commonly known as crash test dummies - and dummy laboratory calibration equipment. We are focusing our efforts on the vehicle safety industry with an emphasis on the automotive and aerospace markets. Our intention is to always exceed our customer’s expectations by providing the best in innovative, reliable solutions in products, systems and services.

We will enhance our position as the world’s leader in the design, development and manufacturer of ATD’s and related systems and services through the continuous development of our people and organization. We will continue to play a key role in the further development of safer vehicles - ultimately saving lives.