Underwater Vehicles
WHOI News Releases
March 26, 2013
Explorer and Filmmaker James Cameron Gives DEEPSEA CHALLENGER Sub to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Forms partnership with WHOI to accelerate technology development, ocean research and discovery
June 27, 2012
Pressure Testing of New Alvin Personnel Sphere Successful
Major Milestone for Alvin Upgrade Project
July 8, 2011
WHOI Selects Hydroid to Provide Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Ocean Observatories Initiative
June 21, 2011
WHOI Selects Teledyne Webb Research to Provide Open Ocean Gliders for Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
December 9, 2010
National Deep Submergence Facility Vehicles Assist in Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
July 20, 2010
Expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise Identifies Unusual Variety of Deep Sea Vents
Method Included first use of Nereus hybrid vehicle in 'autonomous' mode
June 23, 2010
WHOI Science Mission to Study Deepwater Horizon Spill Using Mass Spectrometry and AUV Sentry
June 17, 2010
Revolutionary Communications System Promises New Generation of Untethered, Undersea Vehicles
March 9, 2010
Pioneering Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE) was one of the first successful unmanned, free-swimming submersible vehicles
December 17, 2009
WHOI-Operated ROV Jason Images the Discovery of the Deepest Explosive Eruption on the Sea Floor
June 2, 2009
Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Nereus Reaches Deepest Part of the Ocean
Nereus is first vehicle to enable routine scientific investigation to the deepest ocean depths worldwide
December 3, 2008
Partnership Provides Autonomous Vehicles to Enable New Era of Deep Sea Research
First CATALYST Program Expedition Will Map Vulnerable Deep Coral Reefs
August 8, 2008
New Robot Sub Surveys the Deep off the Pacific Northwest
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Maps Sites for Future Ocean Observatory
February 6, 2008
Researchers Give Thermal Glider Its First Test-Drive in the Ocean
Profiling glider collects propulsion energy from the heat differences in the ocean
January 7, 2008
Lockheed Martin Successfully Completes Preliminary Design Review for New Scientific Research Mini-Sub
August 1, 2007
WHOI Awards Lockheed Martin Contract to Design Submersible Replacement
RHOV is Next Generation of Submersible that Brought Humans to the Sunken RMS Titanic
June 21, 2007
Explorers to Use New Robotic Vehicles to Hunt for Life and Hydrothermal Vents on Arctic Seafloor
Researchers will probe the Gakkel Ridge during expedition that begins on July 1
July 14, 2006
Undersea Vehicles to Study Formation of Gold and Other Precious Metals On the Pacific Ocean Floor
February 21, 2006
Monitoring Baleen Whales with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
First passive recordings from ocean gliders provide insight into whale behavior for some endangered species
February 2, 2006
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Maps Ancient Greek Shipwreck
Robots can do in days what humans take years to accomplish at archaeological sites
