Ocean Robots: Nereus - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
HROV Nereus was among the world's deepest-diving underwater vehicles and could be configured to operate tethered to a surface ship as a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) or to operate independently of human control as an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
Nereus (underwater vehicle) - Wikipedia
Nereus was a hybrid uncrewed autonomous underwater vehicle (HROV, a type of remotely operated underwater vehicle) built by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Constructed as a research vehicle to operate at depths of up to 11,000 metres (36,000 ft), it was designed to explore Challenger Deep , the deepest surveyed point in the ...
Nereus Soars to the Ocean’s Deepest Trench
Jun 4, 2009 · On May 31, 2009, a team of engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) celebrated as the unique vehicle called Nereus dove to 10,902 meters… It took a village of engineers to build a completely new type of unmanned deep-sea robot that can reach the deepest part of the ocean.
Robotic Deep-sea Vehicle Lost on Dive to 6-Mile Depth
May 10, 2014 · Nereus was built in 2008 by the Deep Submergence Lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) with primary funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to descend to the deepest parts of the ocean and to operate either autonomously or to be controlled remotely from the surface. WHOI engineers incorporated a number of novel ...
Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Nereus : Woods Hole …
Jan 22, 2010 · Nereus, an unmanned vehicle, operates in two complementary modes. It can swim freely as an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to survey large areas of the depths, map the seafloor, and give scientists a broad overview.
Mariana Trench 2009 : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The goal was to take Nereus to the deepest-known part of the ocean – the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench near the island of Guam in the west Pacific. It is the deepest abyss on Earth at 11,000m-deep, more than 2km (1.2 miles) deeper than Mount Everest is high.
Nereus Specifications - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Feb 24, 2005 · Nereus basic design philosophy. Build on previous experience when possible. Identify risks and aggressively address early in the project. Integrate into ongoing National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) operational and WHOI technology developments. Limit operational team support to five people.
FAQ: Nereus - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
May 15, 2014 · What do you consider some of Nereus’ most significant accomplishments? Nereus’ discoveries began on her first full-ocean depth field trial in May 2009, discovering a new species of trench anemone. Another major discovery occurred when traversing the two-mile journey from one side of the Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench) to the other, giving ...
Navigation and Control of the Nereus Hybrid Underwater Vehicle …
This paper reports an overview of the navigation and control system design for the new Nereus hybrid underwater robotic vehicle (HROV). Vehicle performance during its first sea trials in November 2007 near Hawaii, and in May and June 2009 in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench is reported.
Legacy Vehicles - Deep Submergence Lab - whoi.edu
“ Nereus was an amazing, groundbreaking robot and the only currently active vehicle in the world that could reach the extreme depths of the ocean trenches,” wrote explorer and filmmaker James Cameron, upon hearing the news that Nereus was lost at sea on May 10, 2014.