icon'/> Did You Know?: The World's Biggest Subsea Robot

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The World's Biggest Subsea Robot

United Kingdom (UK) companies installing subsea cables for telecommunications companies and pipelines for the oil industry have now a new tool, the UT-1 Ultra Trencher. The SMD loaded Ultra Trencher 1 (UT1) , a remote controlled submersible robot (ROV), on to a ship for delivery to CTC Marine Projects. The pounds 10m machine will be the world's largest ROV which is capable of self propelling and supporting its own weight in water.

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