TABLE 1.3 ROV WORK CATEGORIES 



TETHERED, FREE -SWIMMING VEHICLES 



Industrial 



Inspection 



Monitoring 



Survey 



Diver Assistance 



Search/Identification 



Installation/Retrieval 



Cleaning 



Military 



Inspection 



Search/Identification 



Installation/Retrieval 



Scientific/Research 



Inspection 



Survey 



Installation/Retrieval 



BOTTOM CRAWLING VEHICLES 



Industrial 



Bulldozing 

 Trenching 

 Inspection 

 Manipulation 



Military 



Drilling 

 Trenching 



Scientific/Research 



None 



TOWED VEHICLES 

 Industrial 

 Survey 



M ilita ry 



Search/Indent if icat ion/ 



Location 

 Survey 



Fine-grained Mapping 

 Water Sampling 

 Radiation Measurements 



Scientific/Research 



Geological/Geophysical 

 Investigations 



Broad Area Reconnais- 

 sance 



Water Analysis 



Biological/Geological 

 Sampling 



Bio-assay 



Manganese Nodule 

 Survey/Study 



UNTETHERED VEHICLES 

 Industrial 

 None 



Military 



Scientific/Research 



Conductivity /Temperature/ Bathymetry 



Pressure Profiling Photography 

 Wake Turbulence Measurements 

 Under-ice Acoustic Profiling 



