Below you will find a collection of fact sheets, content essays, and stories from our explorers on board underwater robots expeditions featured on the OceanExplorer.NOAA.gov website.
Exploration Note:Learn more about the decision-making process that the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) team uses to decide when or when not to dive.
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Exploration Note:Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are important tools for collecting biological specimens and chemical and geological samples from the deep sea.
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Fact Sheet: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs are unoccupied, untethered, battery-powered vehicles used to collect data for underwater research.
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Fact Sheet: Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) are tethered to and operated from a ship, allowing humans to explore the ocean without actually being in the vehicle.
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Check out our Exploration Tools: Submersibles page for more information on the variety of submersibles NOAA Ocean Exploration uses to explore the deep-sea.
The above items are only a selection of the educational materials highlighting underwater robots on our website.
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