Just what is an ROV?
An ROV is a tethered remotely operated vehicle where power and control capability is provided through an umbilical cable. The vehicle is controlled by an operator from a control van using joysticks, video monitors and various instrument readouts. ROVs range in size from small portable units that cost $10,000 or less, to large, high horsepower behemoths costing millions of dollars. Depending on the task at hand, ROVs are equipped with a myriad of devices from sensitive spatially correspondent manipulators to special jetting and trenching attachments.
