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How AUVs Work

August 5, 2014

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) like WHOI’s REMUS, Sentry (pictured), and SeaBED are important tools used to explore the ocean. They are controlled by on-board computers and powered by internal batteries; they keep track of their own motions and ensure that their sensors are operating properly. WHOI senior scientist Dana Yoerger will describe the science and engineering that goes into creating vehicles that can carry out missions with little or no help from people at this week’s Science Made Public lecture on Tuesday, August 4, at 3:00 p.m. in Redfield Auditorium.(Photo by Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)