EDUCATION SECTION TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WHAT IS AN ROV?
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROVs
SYSTEM CATEGORIES

Small Vehicles
High Capacity Electric ROVs
Medium Sized Vehicles
Large, Work Class Vehicles
Ultra Deep Vehicles
Towed Systems
Bottom Crawlers and Plows
Untethered, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

WHAT CAN ROVs DO?

Commercial — Offshore
Military
Academic/Scientific
Other Applications

WHERE ARE THEY WORKING?
HOW DEEP DO THEY WORK?
HOW DO YOU DESIGN AN ROV?

General Design
Drag
Ballast/Buoyancy Control
Cables
Propulsion
Cameras
Lighting
Laser Line Scanners
Sonar
Manipulators
Auxiliary Work Packages

THE FUTURE

DESIGN/EDUCATIONAL REFERENCES