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By G. Allen Brooks

The ocean is crucial to life on Earth, yet it remains remarkably unexplored. To better understand the ocean, scientists often find they need to get themselves or their instruments into very specific places.

There are many benefits for transferring control of offshore ROV operations to shore to carry out subsea tasks from survey to inspection and commissioning.

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in technology is to analyze input and provide intelligent, useful, and productive output.

The human urge to venture below the waterline is an ancient and enduring pursuit. Legend has it that Alexander the Great, in or around the year 333 B.C., attempted to explore the Aegean Sea from inside a glass barrel, after which he relayed his observations of whales and other creatures of the deep.

The seabed, along with the many lake and river beds of the world are the resting place for as many as two million shipwrecks. Most of these date to the last two centuries, a time of industrial growth, and the creation of large fleets that created a global economy.