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The expansion of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) technology, capabilities and operations has been truly remarkable over the past decade. In 1975 there were only nine operational ROVs that had been constructed for commercial service. Since then over 700 have been developed. This chapter only discusses tethered, free-swimming ROVs; bottom-crawling, towed, structurally reliant, untethered and hybrid ROVs are not included. Presentations given at the SUBTECH meeting series in the UK and the annual ROV conferences in the USA have abundantly documented the vital and growing importance of the ROV in supporting offshore work and in military applications.
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Walsh, D., Busby, R.F. (1986). The Low-cost Remotely Operated Vehicle (LCROV). In: Submersible Technology. Advances in Underwater Technology, Ocean Science and Offshore Engineering, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4203-5_40
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