WHAT CANWhat

ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Diver Observation – ensure diver safety and provide assistance.
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Platform Inspection – to monitor the effects of corrosion, fouling, locating cracks,
estimating biologic fouling, etc.
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Pipeline Inspection – follow underwater pipelines to check for leaks, determine overall
health of the pipeline and insure the installation is acceptable
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Surveys – both visual and acoustic surveys are necessary prior to installing pipelines,
cables and most offshore installations
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Drilling Support – everything from visual inspection, monitoring installation, operational
support and repair when necessary using multiple manipulators
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Construction Support – a natural follow-on to drilling support. Tasks can become more
complex with the use of manipulators, powered tools and cutters
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Debris Removal – offshore platforms can become a "trash dump" underwater. ROVs
provide a cost effective method of keeping the area clean and safe
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Platform Cleaning – one of the most sophisticated tasks using manipulators and suction
cups for positioning and 100-horsepower systems driving brushes, water jets and other
abrasive devices
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
• Telecommunications Support (Inspection, Burial or Repair) – from towed plows that bury
cables for protection from trawlers and anchors to sophisticated vehicles that can locate,
follow, retrieve and rebury subsea telecommunication cables
•
WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
Object Location and Recovery - Search, location, and recovery of lost objects
WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOROVs
? do ?
1. Diver Observation

2. Platform Inspection

3. Pipeline Inspection

4. Surveys

5. Drilling Support

6. Construction Support

7. Debris Removal

8. Platform Cleaning

9. Subsea Installations

10.Telecommunications Support

11.Object Location and Recovery

 AUV CAN
WHAT (Autonomous
ROVS DO ? Underwater
Vehicles)
 WHAT CAN AUVS DO ?

1. Subsea Survey
2. Subsea Inspection
3. Pipeline Inspection
4. Cable Inspection
5. Diver Delivery / Supply Vehicles
 What can AUVs
WHAT CAN ROVS DO ? do ?
• Oceanographic Sampling used for obtaining samples from the sea and seabed,
depending on the material or measurement required.
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOAUVs
? do ?
• Environmental Monitoring, AUVs are silent cost-effective platforms with limited
disturbance to marine life and can cover large areas and navigate with high precision.
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOAUVs
? do ?
• Iceberg Profiling used to determine the distance between the underside iceberg surface to
the probe at certain depth.
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOAUVs
? do ?
• Under-ice Surveys is a formidable physical barrier that can range in thickness from
centimeters to hundreds of meters—a barrier that has not reduced our desire to uncover
the secrets that lie beneath.
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOAUVs
? do ?
• Mine Detection and Countermeasures: The geolocated AUVs will use the latest-generation
synthetic aperture sonar SAMDIS with multi-aspect functionality for improved classification.
They will perform their tasks autonomously with control from a host ship or shore-based
station via high-data-rate communication links.
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOAUVs
? do ?
• Downed Airplane / Shipwreck Searches an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is
called for finding and mapping because it is not attached to a cable it is able to maneuver
more simbly in difficult spaces.
 WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOAUVs
? do ?
• Underwater Photography
WHAT CANWhat
ROVScanDOAUVs
? do ?
1. Subsea Survey
2. Subsea Inspection
3. Pipeline Inspection
4. Cable Inspection
5. Oceanographic Sampling
6. Environmental Monitoring
7. Iceberg Profiling
8. Under-ice Surveys
9. Mine Detection and Countermeasures
10. Diver Delivery / Supply Vehicles
11. Downed Airplane / Shipwreck Searches
12. Underwater Photography