The REMUS (Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS) series is autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) made by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and designed by their Oceanographic Systems Lab (OSL). More recently REMUS vehicles have been manufactured by the spinoff company Hydroid Inc, which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime.[1] Hydroid was acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in March 2020.[2] The series is designed to be low cost, they have shared control software and electronic subsystems and can be operated from a laptop computer.[3] They are used by civilians for seafloor mapping, underwater surveying, and search and recovery as well as by several navies for mine countermeasures missions.
Models
There are a number of variants of the REMUS; all are torpedo-shaped vessels with reconfigurable sensors.
REMUS 6000
The largest model is the REMUS 6000 at 3.84 metres (12.6 ft) long and 71 centimetres (28 in) in diameter; it is named after its maximum diving depth of 6000m.[4] It can travel at speeds of up to 5 knots (9.3 km/h) and has an endurance of up to 22 hours.[4] It was developed through cooperation between the Naval Oceanographic Office, the Office of Naval Research, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).[5]