1964 – UNUMO UNiversal Underwater MObot – Hughes Aircraft (American)

Source: The Advanced Handbook of Robotics, Safford.   Source: Popular Mechanics, Aug, 1963. Source: Teleoperator Operations. The MOBOT (MObile roBOT) was developed by Hughes Aircraft Company and is used by Shell Oil Company of California as an underwater wellhead manipulator. MOBOT, which is shown in Figure 16, consists of an electro-hydraulic vehicle designed to be …

1964 – Asherah Submersible – General Dynamics (American)

Photo source: Manned Submersibles, Bushby. 1964 – Asherah Submersible by General Dynamics. Manipulator Arm: One electro-hydraulic. Made by General Dynamics. Asherah, the first commercially built American research submersible, was a two-man submarine built by General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut, USA, and could dive to a depth of 600 feet (180 m). Commissioned in 1963 and launched …

1961-4 – Alvin Submersible – Harold Froehlich (American)

1964 – Alvin Submersible by Harold Froehlich – General Mills/Litton Systems. Image source: Manned Submersibles, Frank Bushby, Pub. 1976. In-depth innovation. The first submarine to explore the deep-sea wreckage of the Titanic was designed and built by General Mills. The “Alvin” submarine – named for famous oceanographer Allyn Vine – became the world’s premiere deep-diving research vessel …

1964 – Aquacopter – General Motors (American)

  AN AQUACOPTER, a two-man undersea personnel carrier fitted with claw-handed arms and capable of operating on the ocean floor, is one of the futuristic vehicles featured in the undersea set of the General Motors Futurama ride at the New York World's Fair. In an aquacopter geologists, according to GM designers, would be able to …

1964 – Yomiuri Submersible – Yomiuri Shimbu / Kawasaki (Japanese)

1964 – Yomiuri Submersible by Yomiuri Shimbu Newspaper and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.   Image source: Manned Submersibles, Frank Bushby, 1976. The manipulator has six degrees of freedom. See other early Underwater Robots here.