Patent ID: 7640076

Claim:
A remotely controlled roving vehicle, comprising: a plurality of wheels connected to a drive means and a steering means; a control apparatus; a cable, wherein said cable is operably connected to the control apparatus and the roving vehicle; a claw assembly including a main body and a plurality of grasping members, wherein a first end of each one of said grasping members is movably mounted on the main body for enabling a second end of each one of said grasping members to be moved between an open position and a closed position; said the plurality of grasping members includes a first pair of grasping members and a second pair of grasping members said first pair of grasping members being different in configuration than the second pair of grasping members; and a video camera having an image-receiving portion thereof mounted on the main body, wherein the second end of each one of said grasping members is within a field of view of the video camera; and wherein the lens of the video camera is centrally located with respect to the first ends of said grasping members.