Large manipulator with decentralized hydraulic system

A manipulator comprising:

• an articulated boom configured to be folded out and including:
• a turntable that can be rotated about a vertical axis,
• a plurality of boom segments, the boom segments are pivotable about respective articulation axes at articulation joints relative to an adjacent boom segment or relative to the turntable via respective drive assemblies, the drive assemblies each coupled to hydraulic control lines, wherein a last of the boom segments of the plurality of boom segments includes a boom tip, and
• electrically-actuated proportional valves respectively arranged directly on or in proximity to the respective drive assemblies to be controlled and respectively coupled to the hydraulic control lines of the respective drive assembly;
• a remote control having at least one control lever, the control lever configured to be displaced in a plurality of actuating directions;
• and
• an electronic controller configured to actuate the drive assemblies via a travel command, wherein the travel command indicates a desired movement of the boom tip or of an end tube attached to the boom tip, wherein the travel command is generated in response to displacement of the control lever into at least one of the plurality of actuating directions, and wherein the travel command causes actuation of the respective electrically-actuated proportional valves.