| July
2003
(July 16, 2003 – E. Falmouth,
MA) Hydroid Inc. announced today that they recently
received an order from the California Polytechnic State
University for a custom REMUS AUV.
The research to be conducted by the
California Polytechnic State University has been funded
by NASA and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). This
is the second REMUS system to be used by California
Polytechnic State University. The first system was delivered
in 2001 by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(WHOI).
The REMUS presently being manufactured
by Hydroid will be modified to incorporate radiance
and irradiance sensors, as well as other sensors to
support the research being conducted by Dr. Mark Moline
and his associates in the Biological Sciences Department.
Their first REMUS system was also a custom system and
was configured with bioluminescence sensors for nighttime
research. The new system will supplement this work but
will be configured for daytime operations.
Commenting on the recent contract
Dr. Moline stated “the REMUS currently being manufactured
will have the ability to measure inherent and apparent
optical properties, and will be primarily used for validation
of aircraft and satellite based ocean color imagery…This
REMUS will also be able to map the vertical structure
of optical constituents in the water column, which will
provide further information for validation of ocean
processes.”
Dr. Moline's application pushes the
state of art of AUV technology. He routinely conducts
missions with the REMUS that involve transects fully
across California's Monterey Bay, which are often up
to twenty miles in length.
REMUS is a compact, light weight Autonomous
Underwater Vehicle (AUV) designed for shallow water
operations. Hydroid Inc. holds the exclusive license
from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the
manufacture and further development of the REMUS technology.
For further information
contact Kevin McCarthy, Vice President of Marketing
at Hydroid at Tel 508-563-6565, e-mail kmccarthy@hydroidinc.com.
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