Part B | 17.1
408 Part B Autonomous Ocean Vehicles, Subsystems and Control
Table 17.1
Samples of commercially available underwater manipulators
Company name Eca robotics
International submarine
engineering
Kraft telerobotics
FMC technologies schilling
robotics
Western Space and Marine
Model
Arm 7H
Magnum-7
Predator
Titan 4
The ARM
DOF
6 plus gripper
6 plus gripper
6 plus gripper
6 plus gripper
6 plus gripper
Power source
Hydraulic
Hydraulic: max 1000 psi/19 lpm
(5 gpm)
Hydraulic: 103 bar (1500 psi)
207 bar (3000 psi),
19 lpm (5 gpm)
Hydraulic:103 bar (1500 psi)
207 bar (3000 psi), 19 lpm
(5 gpm)
Hydraulic: max 204 bar
(3000 psi), 7:6 lpm (2 gpm)
Material
Titanium or
aluminum
Aluminum with stainless steel
fittings
Anodized aluminum and
stainless steel
Titanium
Max grip force
490 N (110 lbf)
2009 N (450 lbf)
1334 N (300 lbf)
4092 N (920 lbf)
1467 N (330 lbf)
Wrist torque
108 Nm (80 ft lbs)
108 Nm (80 ft lbs)
135 Nm (100 ft lbs)
170 Nm (125 ft lbs)
Actuator
Hydraulic cylinder
Hydraulic cylinder
Hydraulic cylinder
Hydraulic cylinder
Hydraulic cylinder
Max reach
1700 mm (66 00
)
1524 mm (60 00
)
2019 mm (79:50 00
)
1920 mm (75:7 00
)
1700 mm (66 00
) from azimuth
axis to fingers
Max lift capacity
454 kg (1000 lb)
227 kg (500 lb)
454 kg (1000 lb)
45:4 kg (100 lb)
Max lift at full
ext.
90 kg (198 lb)
295 kg (650 lb)
91 kg (200 lb)
122 kg (270 lb)
29:5 kg (65 lb)
Working depth
(standard)
7500 msw
(24 600 fsw)
6000 msw
(19 700 fsw)
3000 msw
(9800 fsw)
4000 msw
(13 100 fsw)
Unlimited
Working depth
(extended)
Unlimited
11 000 msw
(36 000 fsw)
6500 msw
(21 000 fsw)
7000 msw
(22 967 fsw)
Unlimited
Homepage
www.eca-robotics.com www.ise.bc.ca
www.krafttelerobotics.com
www.fmctechnologies.com/
Schillingrobotics.aspx
www.wsminc.com
Data source
Eca robotics [17.4]
International submarine
engineering [17.5]
Kraft teleRobotics [17.6]
FMC technologies [17.7]
Western space and marine [17.8]