An autonomous underwater vehicle is a robot that travels underwater without requiring continuous input from an operator. AUVs constitute part of a larger group of undersea systems known as unmanned un
The Blackghost AUV is designed to undertake an underwater assault course autonomously with no outside control.
Pluto Plus AUV for underwater mine identification and destruction. From Norwegian minehunter KNM Hinnøy
A University of South Florida researcher deploys Tavros02, a solar-powered "tweeting" AUV (SAUV).
MK 18 MOD 1 Swordfish UUV
REMUS (vehicle)
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The REMUS series is autonomous underwater vehicles made by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and designed by their Oceanographic Systems Lab. More recently REMUS vehicles have been manufactured
Autonomous underwater vehicle
…all UUVs into four classes: Man-portable vehicle class: 25–100 lb displacement; 10–20 hours endurance; launched from small water craft manually (i.e., REMUS; Mk 18 Mod 1 Swordfish UUV) Lightweight vehicle class: up to 500 lb displacement, 20–40 hours endurance; launched from RHIB using launch-retriever…
REMUS 100 used by Finnish Navy
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) REMUS 100 with autonomous docking station (2007)
US Navy sailors lower a REMUS 600 into the water during a mine countermeasures exercise
REMUS 100 of the Finnish Navy