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> You may ask why I can't just google them, but alas, I am too lazy to google for the robot in question. This is the specific device they talked about, the "Ir
by cr0sh 10y ago
> You may ask why I can't just google them, but alas, I am too lazy to google for the robot in question.
This is the specific device they talked about, the "Iron Roughneck":
https://www.nov.com/Segments/Rig_Systems/Offshore/Iron_Roughnecks/AR3200_Automated_Iron_Roughneck/AR3200_Automated_Iron_Roughneck.aspx https://www.nov.com/Segments/Rig_Systems/Offshore/Iron_Rough...
As you can see, it looks nothing like what you probably imagined - but if you've seen the manual process performed before (a dangerous and hard job, btw), you probably can understand (somewhat) how this machine works.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoFWIW, I almost guarantee you the justification for this is safety. That's the best kind of automation.