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Design & Development[]

With the progress of the Babylon Project, the demand for underwater work was quite high in 1980, and many manned civilian laborers had underwater work capabilities. However, in certain industries, such as "classic" underwater work fields such as maintenance and inspection of communication cables by specialized work boats, wired remote-controlled unmanned labors are also being used. The AOL-43 is an unmanned labor manufactured by Hishii Heavy Industries, it is a type of machine that operates by cable from a mother ship. It is relatively small and does not have as much power as a manned labor, but its delicate manipulators make it suitable for precision work. It uses a superconducting motor provided by Schaft Enterprises. It can be seen that it has a large number of relatively small thrusters distributed around it, which allows it to maneuver with small turning radius and perform precise movements, although its cruising speed in water is slow. It has a searchlight and two manipulators.

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