Underwater Vehicles

Engineers Honored for Pioneering Undersea Robot

October 4, 2006

The engineering team at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution that built the first fiber-optically cabled deep-sea robot Jason Jr. received the…

ABE Joins Alvin and Jason at Sea

September 1, 2006

The Autonomous Benthic Explorer, ABE, one of the first autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to routinely work in the deep ocean,…

Gone Fish Assessing

August 10, 2006

Scientists at WHOI are applying new technologies to help the National Marine Fisheries Services assess fish stocks and maintain critical habitats

Jason versus the Volcano

August 4, 2006

WHOI expedition leader Will Sellers talks about the adventure of deep-sea research at an erupting underwater volcano. Originally published online…

Jason Versus the Volcano

Through the camera eyes of the undersea vehicle Jason, scientists were investigating a quietly bubbling pit on the side of…

Ocean Microscope Reveals Surprising Abundance of Life

July 25, 2006

Towing an underwater video microscope across the Atlantic Ocean, two scientists found unexpected abundances of colonial cyanobacteria that fertilize the…

Undersea Vehicles to Study Formation of Gold and Other Precious Metals On the Pacific Ocean Floor

July 14, 2006

An international team of scientists will explore the seafloor near Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean later this…

New Hybrid Deep-sea Vehicle Is Christened Nereus

June 26, 2006

Nereus—a mythical god with a fish tail and a man’s torso—was chosen Sunday (June 25) in a nationwide contest as…

People Around WHOI

June 23, 2006

Smoke and Sulfur: Undersea Vehicle Captures Footage of Volcanic Eruption

May 29, 2006

Dramatic new video of a long-term volcanic eruption in the western Pacific first discovered in 2004 has been captured during…

Ocean Technology Meets Business Needs

May 28, 2006

Marine scientists and engineers will brief investors, business development executives, commercialization partners and economic development leaders May 24 at a…

REMUS and the Coral Reefs

May 25, 2006

WHOI biologists and physical oceanographers joined forces in May to study the effect of ocean currents on fish larvae spawned…

Lurking Benignly on the Seafloor, the ‘Yeti’ Crab is Discovered

April 27, 2006

Biologist Cindy Van Dover routinely finds new, unusual creatures when she dives to unexplored areas of the ocean in the…

ABE—The Autonomous Benthic Explorer

April 19, 2006

The pioneering deep-submergence vehicle, now 10 years old, continues to demonstrate its versatility on each new cruise.

The Last Voyage?

April 1, 2006

The Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV) Alvin finished a five-month overhaul in Woods Hole in early April and returned to sea…

Monitoring Baleen Whales with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

February 21, 2006

Like robots of the deep, autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, are growing in number and use in the oceans to…

Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin Overhaul in Action

February 20, 2006

Watch the latest progress on the overhaul of the three-person submersible Alvin at http://alvincam.whoi.edu/view/view.shtml. The sub has been ashore in…

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Maps Ancient Greek Shipwreck

February 2, 2006

Additional contact: Denise Brehm MIT News Office 617-253-2704 brehm@mit.edu After lying hidden for millennia off the coast of Greece, a…

Flying Blind in the Ice Factory

January 24, 2006

Al Plueddemann wants to push the envelope and fly a robotic vehicle into the wild blue under the polar ice…

New Technology for New Exploration of Hydrothermal Vents

December 5, 2005

Advances in undersea imaging systems, the development of new vehicles and instruments, and improved seafloor mapping capabilities have enabled scientists…