WHOI mechanical shop member Geoffrey Ekblaw welds part of the frame of the Nereus hybrid remotely operated vehicle. The HROV is a single vehicle that will perform two very different kinds of missions: it will swim freely as an autonomous vehicle for survey work, and it will be tethered to a ship for direct control when researchers want to collect seafloor samples. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inistitution)
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