a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
The Maritime Safety Agency operates the underwater research vehicle (URV) HU06 Shinkai, with the support vessel Otome Maru. Built by Kawasaki Heavy industries. The Skinkai was commissioned in 1968. Press Photo: The Yen400 million survey submarine is expected to be completed by the Science and Technology Agency by December 1968. The [yet] unmaned vessel, now …
PISCES Production DSV Completed Depth (ft) Crew PISCES I 1965 1,200 2 PISCES II 1968 2,600 3 PISCES III 1969 3,600 3 PISCES IV 1971 6,500 3 PISCES …
1906 – Apparatus for Submarine Recovering Operations Patent by Becchi and Tarantini. Publication number US872888 A Publication type Grant Publication date Dec 3, 1907 Filing date Nov 15, 1906 Inventors Angelo Becchi, Giovanni Battista Tarantini Original Assignee Angelo Becchi, Giovanni Battista Tarantini APPARATUS FOR SUBMARINE RECOVERING OPERATIONS. This invention has for its object to provide …
1898 – Diving Apparatus Patent by James E Holland. Publication number US638335 A Publication type Grant Publication date Dec 5, 1899 Filing date Dec 20, 1898 Priority date Dec 20, 1898 Inventors James E Holland Original Assignee Anton Lutz, James E Holland My invention relates to diving apparatus, and has special reference to such …
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1964 onwards – Marine Mammals and Ordnance Recovery Ahab, a 5,500 pound killer whale, recovers a piece of inert ordnance using an acoustic pinger to guide him during the Deep Ops project. The whale is also equipped with a grabber device and a hydrazine system to allow the object to float easily to the surface. …
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