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let the man stay on the «surface and command a telechiric machine?
An engineer—inventor, Hugh— Ballinger, at the Atomic Energy
Authority’s Harwell establishment has countered eulogies on divers
by deScribing the advantages of a multipurpose marine telechiric
system (MTCS):
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‘In the explofatory rale : the…»MTCS can carry out systematic
bottom sampling and reduce the lottery aspect of some techniques
of undervvater rock sampling, for commercial ores. By uSing the ship
to
the cable Of the telechiric-and giving via the ship’s echo—
sounder a forecaSt of the bottom level to=the MTCS Operator, a large
search area can be
:
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In the inspection—role: the MTCS does not require
“Waiting to
resurface” delay. of other methods,
to present a full report
of what has been Seen and done. The Customer’s consultant or
supervising Engineer can have the satisfaction *of seeing the job
personally, without hazardinghimsel
…
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In the mor/croire“: the ïMTCS has the ability:to work ar0und the
clock, by using rèlays of
or important partsofthe
work progresscan be directed
from
the appropriate
:seated in the
;_ …
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In the dàngemus taskrole : theMTCS may be riskèd in conditions
of turbulent water and poor visibility2wheŒ the hazard to men*às
divers—,or as crew in,underwater research vessels is too high:
A'ndlund major advantage fofthe -MTCS overall other forms of
diving methods is that: shouldÎthe ship: or…diving vehicle
get into
there is the ability to “out and rut1”+—Qhaving
buoyed and anchored the cable end! Then, back in the peace and
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calm of»hatbour,zthehäaxt move feanj be sorted :out»cafefully and
advice
r
:
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At…the present? time, ethe; divèr
telechiriè/ma system; ‘direct liri_kagèl
the brain—°âhdï:the
hand, and“!the;consideræible manipulative abilities«ofthe hahdrEven
the best.underWaterÏ manipulators endwith little mere than a pincer
“in which"a
motion replaèes thetwèty—£tWo separate
moVements of
the direèt linkage Of hand and
brain includes the «information , fed back from sen“SO‘ry=æceptors in
skin and muscles »
fjonly «a fCWf Slaveîarms beast this kind ’
of
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Control, sand; lmost marine ::arms mare driven
like
a
therdiver
toOls to compen—
for “the nbrutef
tenacitÿ of the' machine, and—he