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1968 – Beaver Mark IV Submersible by North American Rockwell. Renamed “Roughneck” in 1969. Each of the two manipulators has a 9-ft reach, eight degrees-of-freedom, and a 50-lb lifting capacity. The two manipulators can be equipped with nine different tools to perform various tasks. These tools are: impact wrench, hook hand, parallel jaws, cable cutter, …

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Underwater manipulator system Publication number    US3414136 A Publication type    Grant Publication date    3 Dec 1968 Filing date    18 Jan 1966 Priority date    18 Jan 1966 Inventors    John R Moore, James S Sweeney Original Assignee    North American Rockwell ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE System for positioning an underwater manipulator arm to correspond with the position of an …

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