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The obvious benefit to using ROVs rather than manned vehicles is first and foremost the cost. It costs a great deal more to build a vehicle large enough for a person, then you have to pay that person, who must be very skilled, to pilot the vehicle underwater. This is a much greater level of risk, therefore a greater deal of money. ROVs constitute a much reduced level of risk and cost. You can build the vehicle smaller, and the operator controls the vehicle from a relatively safe location(usually from the offshore platform, but also from onshore). The risk if anything goes wrong is just lost equipment. Although this can be quite significant, it is nothing compared to losing a human life.
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How have people explored the shipwreck of the Titanic?
Titanic has been explored through the use of ROV's (Remotely-operated vehicles). These are controlled from manned submersibles.
What is two kinds of robots used for exploration?
Moon rovers and ROV's (remote operated vehicles) usually used in deep sea exploration
When was the first ROV developed?
the first ROV was developed in 1953
What does rov submarine stand for?
ROV stands for "Remote Operated Vehicle". ROV's are not submarines by definition, since they are robots controlled by tether, by an operator stationed on a support vessel.
How does the pilot of a ROV communicate with the ROV?
ROV means remotely operated underwater vehicle, so the pilot isn't in the machine. The pilot is sitting at a control panel on a ship nearby.
Why did the us navy develop rov technology?
To improve location efforts for ship/plane/equipment salvage. It's much more cost effective and safer to locate something that's lost with an ROV than it is to put hardhat divers in the water for the same purpose. ROV's also have a much greater depth range and time at depth than divers do for search purposes.
What is an rov?
Remotely operated vehicle
Can ROV go deeper 2 miles underwater?
The deepest ROV has been down to depths of around 6Km or 3.75 miles.
In the movie the abyss what kind of marine technology is little geek?
The ROV in the movie The Abyss was a Mini Rover ROV which was designed and built by Chris Nicholson of Deep Sea Systems in Falmouth, MA in 1984. It was 26 inches long and weighed 55 pounds. The Mini Rover ROV was the world's first small, low cost ROV. Its original price was about $28,000 at a time when the next lowest cost ROV was priced at $100,000.
Did ROV's explore below the oceans surface?
NO
What was the ships name that found the titanic?
No - the ARGO is an unmanned, towed camera sled (Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)) that was used to locate the wreckage site of the Titanic. The U.S. Navy Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin (DSV-2) , along with another smaller ROV named Jason Jr., was used to explore and document the wreckage.The difference in definition is that submarines and DSV's are manned vessels, while ROV's are remotely controlled tethered robots.
How is the rov argo controlled?
probaly by the control box
