ROV Types

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - ROV team

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 ROV’s can be classified according

• Horsepower
• Size
• Capabilities!

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Classification of ROVs
International Maritime Contractors Association list

Class I - Observation ROVs

Small vehicles fitted with camera, lights and a sonar only.
Photos @HCMR

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Classification of ROVs
International Maritime Contractors Association list
Class II— observation ROVs with Payload Option
Vehicles fitted with two simultaneously viewable cameras, sonar as
standard, and capable of handling additional sensors.

Photos @HCMR

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Classification of ROVs
International Maritime Contractors Association list

Class III—Work-class vehicles

Vehicles large enough to carry additional
sensors and manipulators

Photos @MBARI’s Doc Ricketts ROV

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Classification of ROVs
International Maritime Contractors Association list

Class IV—towed and bottom-crawling vehicles Class V—prototype or development vehicles

(vehicles pulled through the water by a surface
craft or winch, and bottom-crawling vehicles
using a wheel or track system to move across the
seafloor)

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Classification of ROVs
Based upon the ROV weight

OCROV—from the smallest vehicles to submersible weights up to 91 kg

MSROV—submersible weights from 91 kg to 907 kg

WCROV—submersible weights in excess 907 kg

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 Classification of ROVs
Micro (or small) OCROVs—those
OCROV categories vehicles with a basic weight of
less than 4.5 kg

Photo @VFtech spol. s r.o

Mini OCROVs—vehicles with

submersible weight between
4.5 kg and 32 kg Large OCROV—vehicles with weights
between 32 kg and 90 kg
Photo @HCMR
Photo @HCMR

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 Classification of ROVs
MSROV categories

Shallow MSROV: Low-power Deepwater MSROV: Typically Heavy MSROV: These are often
vehicles with copper (or deepwater versions of the named “light work class” and
fiber) telemetry and ,1000 m shallow vehicles and may run typically have electric thrusters,
depth capability single or dual light manipulator dual medium-duty hydraulic
systems along with high-voltage manipulator systems and a
power, light-duty electric and hydraulic power unit for operation
hydraulic manipulator systems of medium-duty hydraulic tooling
and fiber-optic telemetry
Photo @SAAB Photo @ub-Atlantic
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Classification of ROVs
WCROV categories

Standard work class: These vehicles are Heavy work class: These vehicles are very large
in the 100 -200 hp range typically used in and heavy work vehicles of 200 hp or greater
drill support or light construction for heavy construction work

Photo @Oceaneering

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 HCMR ROVs
Seabotix LBV-200

Depth Rating 200 m

Length 530 mm
Width 245 mm
Height 254 mm
Weight in Air 11 kg
With (4) Brushless DC thrusters – Two (2)
forward, one (1) vertical and one (1)
lateral.
Speed at surface 3 knots
Camera Tilt 180 degrees
Range of View 270 degrees
Camera – Primary 680 line High resolution
color
Video Format NTSC or PAL

Photos @HCMR

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 HCMR ROVs
Depth rating 1000 m
Super Achilles ROV Length: 720mm
Width: 600mm
Height: 510 mm
Total weight 100 Kg approx.
Underwater speed 2 knots
Propulsion -4 thrusters: Asynchronous
electrically driven.
Video 1 PAL Digital color camera
Searchlights 2x250 W – 1x50 W halogen
lights
Instrumentation - Fluxgate compass -
Echo sounder for altitude monitoring.
-Pressure sensor for depth monitoring
-Built-in imaging sonar; 360° scanning
head; high resolution; 180° 3D
Video-Data Recording VHS - SVHS -CD-
DVD-MDV
Arm 3 axis manipulator: in/out, rotation,
grip

Photos @HCMR

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 HCMR ROVs
SAAB SEAEYE Falcon
Depth rating 300 m
Length 1000 mm
Height 500 mm
Width 600 mm
Weight in air 60 kg
Payload 14 kg
Forward thrust 40 kgf
Lateral thrust 23 kgf
Vertical thrust 13 kgf
Speed > 3 kn
Thruster type S1-MCT01
Horizontal thrusters 4
Vertical thrusters 1
Auto-depth
Auto-heading
Video channels 1
Video transmission STP/FO
LED lights (standard quantity) 2

Photos @HCMR

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 HCMR ROVs Depth rating
Length
2000 m
2200 mm
Height 2000 mm
DSSI Max Rover Width 900 mm
Weight in air 1100 kg
Payload 68 kg
Underwater speed: 2.5 knots
(fwd/rev),1.5 knots (vert/lat)
Horizontal thrusters 4
Vertical thrusters 2
Sonars: Tritech Dual Frequency Scanning
Sonar (675/1200 KHz) & Tritech Side Scan
Sonar (910 KHz)
Autopiloting: course, depth, altitude
Positioning system: Trackpoint II USBL
positioning system
Cameras 4 (2 HD Cameras, 2
Pal cameras)
Lights 2 x 100 W HID lights
and 4 x 150 W Quartz lights
Manipulation: 2 Hydrolek electro-
hydraulic 5 function manipulators

Photos @HCMR

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THANK YOU
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - ROV team

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