DNV DNV-RU-UWT PART 5 CHAPTER 7 PDF

These rules provides requirements for the construction of remotely operated vehicles (ROV), including their operating and monitoring systems.

Remotely operated vehicles (ROV)

For the purpose of these rules, ROVs are defined as being unmanned underwater vehicles, remotely operated via an umbilical to a control station like a support vessel or an on-shore station.

Depending on the remote operation capabilities, wireless remote controlled vehicles may be defined as ROVs in special cases.

For further definitions, see Sec.2 [3].