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TABLE 3 . 1 ROV WORK CATEGORIES 



TETHERED, FREE-SWIMMING VEHICLES 



Industrial Military 



Inspection 



Monitoring 



Survey 



Diver Assistance 



Search/Identif ication 



Installation/Retrieval 



Cleaning 



BOTTOM CRAWLING VEHICLES 



Inspection 



Search/Identification 



Installation/Retrieval 



Scientific/Research 



Inspection 



Survey 



Installation/Retrieval 



Industrial 



Bulldozing 

 Trenching 

 Inspection 

 Manipulation 



Military 



Drilling 

 Trenching 



Scientific/Research 



None 



TOWED VEHICLES 

 Industrial 

 Survey 



Military 



Search/ Indentif ication/ 



Location 

 Survey 



Fine-grained Mapping 

 Water Sampling 

 Radiation Measurements 



Scientific/Research 



Geological/Geophysical 



Investigations 

 Broad Area Reconnaissance: 

 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 



