Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Underwater Vehicles

Underwater Vehicles

WHOI also has developed numerous underwater autonomous and remotely operated vehicles for research:

  • ALVIN – a human-occupied vehicle.
  • Remus – Remote Environment Monitoring UnitS, an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV).
  • ABE – Autonomous Benthic Explorer, another Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.
  • SeaBED – an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle optimized for high-resolution seafloor imaging.
  • Jason – a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).
  • Nereus (HROV, a type of Remotely Operated Vehicle) – A hybrid autonomous underwater vehicle.
  • Sentry – an autonomous underwater vehicle and successor to ABE

WHOI also shares with MBL a large library of marine-related works.

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