What are ROVs? These underwater devices are searching for the missing Titan submersible

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What are ROVs? These underwater devices are searching for the missing Titan submersible
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Remotely operated vehicles are among the resources aiding the search for the missing Titanic tourist submersible.

With a lot of area to cover both at and below the ocean's surface, several different resources are being put to use to aid the search efforts, and that includes the deployment of ROVs.An ROV is a remotely operated vehicle that can travel deep into the ocean's depths without a person needing to go with it.that an ROV is typically operated by someone on a surface vessel using a video game-like joystick.

Officials said two ROVs were part of Wednesday's search efforts and more devices were expected to arrive on Thursday morning.An ROV is actually a type of submersible. The missing Titan submersible is a human-operated vehicle that can travel to depths of 13,000-plus feet and has an oxygen supply of 96 hours for a five-person crew, according to

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