1966 – CRAB Remote-controlled Underwater Craft by Dr. Vyacheslav Yastrebov "Aquator" [Дкватор] – a moving robot for underwater research – came out of the walls of the Bauman Institute. Designers believe that this device will become active assistant hydrologists, ocean scientists, biologists – all those who study the depths of the sea. The CRAB is …
1967 – STAR II Submersible by General Dynamics. Manipulator Arm: One Electro-hydraulic with 4 degrees-of-freedom. Full reach – 4 ft 1 inch. Payload at full reach – 150 lb. Mechanically jettisonable. Made by General Dynamics. Source: Manned Submersibles, Bushby. Source: Manned Submersibles, Bushby. Above: Advertisement highlighting the manipulator arms developed at General Dynamics. Press Photo c1967. …
Underwater power source Publication number US3418818 A Publication type Grant Publication date 31 Dec 1968 Filing date 22 Apr 1966 Priority date 22 Apr 1966 Inventors Renic P Vincent, Lawrence B Wilder Original Assignee Pan American Petroleum Corp ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method and apparatus for supplying power to underwater apparatuses which makes use …
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 …
 DEEP OCEAN WORK BOAT (DOWB), a two man submersible built by General Motors in the United States by General Motors AC Electronics Division, was initially launched on October l2, 1967. Windowless, it has top and bottom "fish eye" lenses, plus television cameras, for full 360 degree vision. A TV viewing system is mounted on …