play a key role in the advancement of the world’s economy; one of those machines is the ROV(right). Exactly who to credit with developing the first ROV will probably remain clouded. However, there are two who deserve credit. The PUV (Programmed Underwater Vehicle) was a torpedo developed by Luppis-Whitehead Automobile in Austria in 1864, but, the first tethered ROV, named POODLE, was developed by Dimitri Rebikoff in 1953. However the American Navy is credited with advancing the technology which started in the 1960’s. Since that time the technology has grown by leaps and bounds and now ROVS play a key role in the exploration of the oceans. Since ROVS can go where no human can go they provided a great deal of aid to the exploration of the ocean. ROVS since their creation have been steadily advancing in their capabilities and as the need for raw materials increase human kind has turned to the ocean for them. As humans explore deeper parts of the oceans ROVS will need to be able to handle the new conditions set forth to them.
A key component to the ROV is its robotic appendage. Whether the appendage is an arm, claw, or some other attachment; they all perform similar tasks. In 1962 the first industrial arm robot - the Unimate - is introduced. It is designed to complete repetitive or dangerous tasks on a General Motors assembly line; this was the start of a new age of technology. Then in 1969 only seven years after the first robotic arm was invented Victor
Scheinman, a Mechanical Engineering student working in the St
anford Artificial Intelligence Lab (AIL) creates the Stanford Arm (right). The arm's design becomes a standard and is still influencing the design of robot arms today. Five years After Victor Scheinman created the Stanford Arm, he starts his own company and starts selling the Silver arm, which can put together small parts. In 1981 Takeo Kanade builds the direct drive arm. It is the first to have motors installed directly into the joints of the arm. This change makes it faster and much more accurate than previous robotic arms.
A key component to the ROV is its robotic appendage. Whether the appendage is an arm, claw, or some other attachment; they all perform similar tasks. In 1962 the first industrial arm robot - the Unimate - is introduced. It is designed to complete repetitive or dangerous tasks on a General Motors assembly line; this was the start of a new age of technology. Then in 1969 only seven years after the first robotic arm was invented Victor
Scheinman, a Mechanical Engineering student working in the St
anford Artificial Intelligence Lab (AIL) creates the Stanford Arm (right). The arm's design becomes a standard and is still influencing the design of robot arms today. Five years After Victor Scheinman created the Stanford Arm, he starts his own company and starts selling the Silver arm, which can put together small parts. In 1981 Takeo Kanade builds the direct drive arm. It is the first to have motors installed directly into the joints of the arm. This change makes it faster and much more accurate than previous robotic arms.Today ROVS and the robotic appendages attached to them do many things. Whether the ROV belongs to an oil company, in which case it cleans oil rigs and even searches for oil deposits in the ocean. Or the ROV could belong to a scientific research team, where the ROV collects samples of marine life or mineral deposits for research. No matter what the ROV’s task is, one thing remains the same; the robotic appendage must be able to handle the 
situation whether it is from heavy lifting to precise movements of objects the appendage must be able to handle the work load.
situation whether it is from heavy lifting to precise movements of objects the appendage must be able to handle the work load.The MATES competition is designed to promote young students to take part in designing and building ROVS so that there will be future engineers designing the next wave of ROVS. It is important to solve the problem of designing newer and better ROVS so that it is possible to explore the deeper parts of the ocean. To help solve this problem, the user of the solution must be taken into account. The people that would use this robot would be my teammates and I. Each member of the team has his or her own strengths and weaknesses; LB is a strong Xbox gamer and would a great candidate to control both the ROV and arm, LB's only weakness would be his lack of experience in this competition. SD is a another strong candidate to control the ROV and its arm; she is a strong PC gamer as opposed to LB who is a console gamer, SD however has experience at the competition. SD's one weakness is that she is a PC gamer which would require a more difficult control system, which would be difficult to create and use. AF, the final team member is both a PC and console gamer and has experience at this competition before, however, he is not as proficient as SD at PC gaming nor is he as proficient at console gamin as LB is. .
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