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UM Takes First In Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition
08/05/08
12:26:58 am, Categories: Submarine Halibut History, Halibut Historical Hangar, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles University of Maryland (UM) takes first place in the 11th International Underseas Autonomous Vehicle Competition sponsored by The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Office of Naval Research. Halibut's pioneering remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was little more than a silicon intensified target camera wrapped in a Styrofoam ball. |  |
Underwater currents easily overpowered its puny plastic propulsive propellers making it useful for little more than the pioneering research project it was. On more than one occasion the lifeless "basketball" sized ROV was reeled back into the Halibut by its coaxial tether.
Res: Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center
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