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6 CHAPTER 1 The ROV Business
FIGURE 1.3
Examples of OCROVs (Note: shoes atop for scaling).
(Courtesy SeaTrepid.)
FIGURE 1.4
Example of MSROV.
surface with hand tending of the tether. The older/antiquated term for vehicles of this
classification is “low-cost ROVs.”
2. Mid-sized ROVs (MSROV): These vehicles weigh from 200 pounds (100 kg) to up to 2000
pounds (1000 kg). They (Figure 1.4) are generally a deeper-rated version of the OCROVs with
(Courtesy Forum Energy Technologies.)
