Reply To: ROV research

Lost dude,

Was that not BUE?

See this link: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050825/news_lz2e25lets.html

(with the following paragraph)

These were based on the Scorpio design introduced in 1977 to support offshore oil and gas underwater work principally in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The "super" category meant increased depth capability and more robust manipulators and underwater work tools. Nearly 100 SCORPIO ROVs were sold, many of which are still operating in worldwide offshore energy operations, as well as in the British and American navies.

and this Wikpedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpio_45

(although it is SN 045…)

Super Scorpio
Delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1987, the Super Scorpio is a “Tethered Unmanned Work Vehicle System”. The vehicles are used for the recovery of sunken military and commercial hardware. They feature two cameras, a sonar, six lights and two robotic arms. The arms can cut steel cable up to one inch (2.5 cm) thick and lift up to 250 pounds (113 kg) each. The sonar has a range of 2,000 feet (610 m).

And this: http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/e02857k25324g031/fulltext.pdf

Back to the original poster, donnamama, Loads of info in these addresses above