SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY is an industry in which BC is a world leader. While the extreme depths of local waters limits scuba diving, the deep coastal FJORDS provide excellent places to develop and test new equipment. Areas of development include both manned and robotic submersibles. Robotic submersibles are of 2 types: Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), where the submersible is connected to the surface operator by a tether or umbilical cable, and Autonomously Operated Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), where...
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