a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Manipulator is shown 6:50 into video clip. Archimède bathyscaphe. Some pics by Alain Houot. Text souce: Wiki The bathyscaphe Archimède is a deep diving research submersible of the French Navy. It used 42,000 US gallons (160,000 l) of hexane as the gasoline buoyancy of its float. It was designed by Pierre Willm and Georges Houot. …
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TV eye for underwater work A new device for underwater inspection work is Anthro, a remotely controlled submersible with a 20-inch-diameter plastic bubble for a hull. A television display and propulsion controls-on board ship or on dry land-are connected to the vehicle by an umbilical. Anthro's TV camera is electronically "slaved" to the operator's head. …
Project initiated in 1965 headed by Willis "Will" R. Forman (seen lying down in the above image). Launched in September 1971. A single mechanical arm with only three degrees of freedom and claw gripper. See Deep-View – 23:40 into the clip. "That's a 44 1/2 -inch-diameter glass hemisphere streamlining the bow of the Navy's latest …
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Search PA pr.1832 "Search 2" [ПоиÑковый ПРпр.1832"ПоиÑк-2"] Manipulator arms are folded underneath hull. 1 – pen horizontal steering; 2 cowl steering column the sustainer engine; 3 – drive steering column; 5 – aft main ballast tanks; 6 – the hatch; 7 – pilot house; 8 – ring cargo unit; 9 – service module; 10 …
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Folded manipulator arm. Submersibles North- 2 project in 1825 Translated from Russian with errors. Posted to "defend Russia" about the first domestic deep self -propelled unit for the study of the World Ocean Project 1825 , is designed to carry out scientific research in the field of Marine Biology , oceanography and marine geology. Design …
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