MOTEK was founded in 1994 as a privately held motion capture, animation and visualization studio. 

The early mission of MOTEK focused on the development and implementation of innovative animation and visualization techniques focusing or real time generation of realistic animations.

The company managed project work to ensure growth without the need for venture capital or going public till 1998. In 1997, MOTEK had applied for a research grant to the European commission in order to develop the system now known as CAREN (Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment) This grant was received in 1998 and enabled the development of CAREN's 1st prototype.

The company also received external funding through TWINNING and NPM capital, both Dutch based investment companies.

The 1st production grade CAREN system was sold to the University of Groningen in 2000. Since then many systems have been installed in medical research facilities and hospitals around the world.

Recently, MOTEK's founders have bought back the shares from TWINNING.