1971 – Hakuyo Submersible – (Japanese)

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The Japanese Hakuyo Submersible was launched in 1971 and has one manipulator arm with five degrees of freedom.

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Image source: Manned Submersibles, Frank Bushby, 1976.

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See other early Underwater Robots here.