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The paper presents some building schemas of manipulator - robots used in auxiliary operations of electric arc furnaces that are found in steel works. The technology of making steel in electric arc furnaces requires that the liquid steel outlet is filled following the primary elaboration. An "EBT SAND" type manipulator is used to fill the steel outlet, the kinematic scheme of which corresponds to SCARA robots. To unlock the steel outlet, an "EBT STAP" type manipulator is used, which is equipped with an oxygen lance to open the tap-hole. To clean the furnace outlet following the discharge, an "EBT STROP" type manipulator is used to allow the correct reconditioning of the tap-hole. It consists of an electrically driven swing arm and a hydraulic lift that cleans the EBT tap-hole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]