Vehicle Description

REMUS has four main sections: the nose cone, RDI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler module, mid-body, and tail. In addition, there are two possible nose cone configurations: standard and bioluminescence. Click anywhere on the diagram below for more specific information on that section. You may also be interested in details on how REMUS navigates.

Choose nose cone: Standard Bioluminescence

The RDI ADCP module consists of four upward and four downward looking transponder beams. The downward looking array measures horizontal velocity relative to the bottom of the vehicle, and can also be used as an altimeter. Both upward and downward looking beam arrays are used to measure current velocity and direction in a range of specified depth bins above and below the vehicle. The vehicle incorporates the ADCP data to calculate its position in real time while navigating by compass and to adjust for strong currents that may push the vehicle off course. The range limits of the ADCP are between 3 and 20 meters above and below the vehicle.

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