A ROV "ABISMO" for the Inspection and Sampling in the Deepest Ocean and Its Operation Support System

Author

Ishibashi, Shojiro ; Yoshida, Hiroshi ; Osawa, Hiroyuki ; Inoue, Tomoya ; Tahara, Junichiro ; Ito, Kazuaki ; Watanabe, Yohitaka ; Sawa, Takao ; Hyakudome, Tadahiro ; Aoki, Taro

Author_Institution

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sci. & Technol., Yokosuka

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Recently, a number of bacteria including new one have been found from mud samples of Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. In order to get those samples or the sediment core in there, an underwater vehicle, which can dive to the deepest ocean and carry out the task, is needed, however, currently, there is no such vehicle in the world. So Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) began developing a new ROV for the deepest ocean use in 2005, it is "ABISMO". In this paper, several main systems of ABISMO and results of sea trials carried out before now are shown, and the operation support system is described.

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; remotely operated vehicles; seafloor phenomena; sediments; underwater vehicles; AD 2005; Automatic Bottom Inspection and Sampling Mobile; Challenger Deep mud samples; JAMSTEC; Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; Mariana Trench; ROV ABISMO; bacteria; deep ocean operation support system; remotely operated vehicle; sea trials; sediment core; underwater vehicle; Inspection; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Microorganisms; Oceanographic techniques; Oceans; Remotely operated vehicles; Sampling methods; Sediments; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2008 - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Ocean

Conference_Location

Kobe

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2125-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2126-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4530967

Filename

4530967