AUV, ROV and HOV
The ROV in the movie The Abyss was a Mini Rover ROV which was designed and built by Chris Nicholson of Deep Sea Systems in Falmouth, MA in 1984. It was 26 inches long and weighed 55 pounds. The Mini Rover ROV was the world's first small, low cost ROV. Its original price was about $28,000 at a time when the next lowest cost ROV was priced at $100,000.
the first ROV was developed in 1953
Moon rovers and ROV's (remote operated vehicles) usually used in deep sea exploration
ROV stands for "Remote Operated Vehicle". ROV's are not submarines by definition, since they are robots controlled by tether, by an operator stationed on a support vessel.
ROV means remotely operated underwater vehicle, so the pilot isn't in the machine. The pilot is sitting at a control panel on a ship nearby.
Remotely operated vehicle
The deepest ROV has been down to depths of around 6Km or 3.75 miles.
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No - the ARGO is an unmanned, towed camera sled (Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)) that was used to locate the wreckage site of the Titanic. The U.S. Navy Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin (DSV-2) , along with another smaller ROV named Jason Jr., was used to explore and document the wreckage.The difference in definition is that submarines and DSV's are manned vessels, while ROV's are remotely controlled tethered robots.
The 'Nereus' ROV, owned by Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. has dived to 34,000 feet in the Challenger Deep, one of the very deepest parts of the Pacific ocean.
probaly by the control box