The robot's arms, known in the trade as slave manipulators, are operated from the control room by master manipulators.
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In his science fiction short story " Waldo " ( 1942 ), Heinlein first proposed a primitive telepresence master-slave manipulator system.
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The result was the "'Master-Slave Manipulator Mk . 8 "', or MSM-8, which became the iconic remote manipulator seen in newsreels and movies, such as the " Andromeda Strain " or " THX 1138 ".