How to Use ROV in a Sentence
ROV
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Unema’s role spans the full life cycle of an ROV’s design, construction, and operation.
—Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2025
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The scientists only got a passing glimpse of the goblin shark before the lights and loud noise from the ROV's motor scared it away, Auscavitch told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 June 2026
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Maiden trial reaches over 13,123 ft The Haiqin ROV was designed to perform deep-sea research at 6,000 meters (19,685 feet).
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025
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Data collected using a REM-4-50 spectrometer mounted on an ROV indicated that the protective barriers remain effective.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
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The Ocean Exploration Trust maintains a livestream of the expedition, including the depths and headings of the ROV Little Hercules and ROV (Towsled) Atalanta.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
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Advanced tools, such as precise seafloor mapping to high-definition ROV imagery, allowed the researchers to explore and gather data from places never seen before by humans, Jyotika Virmani, executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, said in a statement.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
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The remains of the 21-year-old Northern Michigan University college student were located by volunteers from Hybrid Robotics, an underwater ROV manufacturing company, police said.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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Unema’s new consultancy, Deep Exploration Solutions, has been given a contract to do the winter maintenance on the NOAA ROVs, and the firm is now on the lookout for more ROV design and upgrade work, as well as piloting jobs.
—Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2025
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According to international protocols, Cui added that once a 6,000-meter (19,685-feet) ROV passes a 4,000-meter (13,123-feet)sea trial, it is usually considered capable of meeting full depth requirements.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025
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Delivered to the Marine Nationale, the system can integrate third-party assets (such as Autonomous Unmanned Vessel (AUV), Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) and conventional mine hunters), on an expeditionary portable operation centre, with the Lithuanian navy.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
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