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>> and retract. >> reporter: a second manipulator can be equipped with tools for cutting through metal such as on the fuselage of a plane. >> it will be ideal if theres a black box, not a problem at all for an rov to pick it up and put it in a basket and recover it back to the vessel. >> reporter: experts say top priority for investigators is to retrieve both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. this rov called the trident xls can go to depths of around 10,000 feet but the ro...

Once wreckage of flight 370 is identified, an rov like this one is likely the next crucial step in finding the planes black box. its controlled from the surface using this joystick. has lights to illuminate the stark black of the ocean deep. cameras transmitting back footage in realtime. and high frequency sonar to combat the notoriously difficult visibility in the area of the indian ocean where the plane is believed to be. but most importantly, the rov has robotic arms called manipulators. >> h...

Cameras transmitting back footage in realtime. and high frequency sonar to combat the notoriously difficult visibility in the area of the indian ocean where the plane is believed to be. but most importantly, the r.o.b. has robotic arms called manipulators. >> jaws. close the jaws. >> reporter: they are essentially mechanical hands able to retrieve objects from the ocean floor far deeper than any human could with stand. >> stand and retract. >> reporter: a second manipulator can be equipped with ...

>> strand and retract. >> reporter: a second manipulator can be equipped with tools for cutting through metal such as on the fuselage of a plane. >> the ideal if there was a black box. not a problem at all for a rov to pick it up in a basket and recover it back to the vessel. >> reporter: members erts say top priority for investigators is to retrieve both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. this rov called the tritan slx can go to deptd depp depths of but it may have to with...

>> stand and retract. >> reporter: a second manipulator can be equipped with tools for cutting through metal such as on the fuselage of the plane. >> and ideally, if there is a black box, not a problem at all for an rov to put it in a basket and recover it back to the vessel. >> reporter: experts say top priority for investigators is to retrieve both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. the rov can go to depths of around 10,000 feet. but the rov that is brought to the wreckag...

One is likely the next crucial step in finding the planes black box. its controlled from the surface using this joy stick. has lights to illuminate the stark black of the ocean deep. cameras transmitting back footage in realtime. and high frequency sonar to combat the notoriously difficult visibility in the area of the indian ocean where the plane is believed to be. but most importantly, the r.o.v. has robotic arms called manipulators. >> has jaws that you can open and close. >> they are essenti...

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