What is an ROV?

• What is an ROV?
• An ROV is an unoccupied underwater robot that is connected to a ship by a series of cables. These cables transmit command and control signals between the operator and the ROV, letting someone above the water control it and have it navigate.

• What does it stand for? 
• Answer:Remotely Operated Vehicle 
• How is it different from an AUV or submersible?
• An AUV conducts its surveys and returns to a programmed location, whereas an ROV is moving freely, exploring with a long tether of wires that is controlled by a person above the surface of water.
• What major parts are there to an ROV?
• Float block, Frame, Tether, Center of buoyancy, center of gravity, weights, camera, thrusters
• How do they move?
• ROV's have thrusters allowing people to move left and right, to turn, and to lower the ROV.
• How do they "sense" the world? Include examples
• fishing camera
• How do we communicate with the ROV while it is underwater?
• there are wires soldered down connecting to the motors and camera sending signals back to the controlling operator and they use buttons to move the ROV.
• What are 2 examples of ROV’s?
• The first ROV we found was "Cutlet". It was made by the Royal Navy and was used to receive practice mines or torpedoes.
• The second example we found was the AN/SLQ-48 built by the US Navy. It was used to neutralize mines and was quite successful