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ROV History & Background Information

History & Background Information: Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) is the common accepted name for tethered underwater robots in the offshore industry. ROVs are unoccupied, highly maneuverable and operated by a person aboard a vessel. They are linked to the ship by a tether (sometimes referred to as an umbilical cable), a group of cables that carry electrical power, video and data signals back and forth between the operator and the vehicle. High power applications will often use hydraulics in addition to electrical cabling. Most ROVs are equipped with at least a video camera and lights. Additional equipment is commonly added to expand the vehicle’s capabilities. These may include sonar's, magnetometers, a still camera, a manipulator or cutting arm, water samplers, and instruments that measure water clarity, light penetration and temperature. The US Navy funded most of the early ROV technology development in the 1960s. This created the capability to perform deep-sea rescue operations and recover objects from the ocean floor. Building on this technology base; the offshore oil & gas industry created the work class ROVs to assist in the development of offshore oil fields. More than a decade after they were first introduced, ROVs became essential in the 1980s when much of the new offshore development exceeded the reach of human divers. During the mid 1980s the marine ROV industry suffered from serious stagnation in technological development caused in part by a drop in the price of oil and a global economic recession. Since then, technological development in the ROV industry has accelerated and today ROVs perform numerous tasks in many fields. Their tasks range from simple inspection of sub-sea structures, pipeline and platforms to connecting pipelines and placing underwater manifolds. They are used extensively both in the initial construction of a sub-sea development and the subsequent repair and maintenance.

Edit: I've realized that the term "ROV," which stands for "Remote Operated Vehicle" should stand for any kind of "Remote Operated Vehicle" not just those that go "underwater." Because there is nothing that says it has to be an underwater vehicle in the term "ROV," which stands for "Remote Operated Vehicle" if it goes underwater it should be "ROUV" aka "Remote Operated Underwater Vehicle." So there's my rant.

To the author: please integrate statements from the text into the main article: Remotely operated underwater vehicle. This is a disambiguation page, it only lists articles with similar names. 77.41.74.86 (talk) 18:31, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Realm of Valor (Arena of Valor)
The initial "RoV" for Realm of Valor (Arena of Valor game) is commonly known in Thailand. Just need some references. --Love Krittaya (talk) 16:40, 14 January 2018 (UTC)