The development of two new classes of commercial underwater robotic vehicles -deep diving work-class remotely operated vehicles and survey-class autonomous vehicles -is being driven by the needs of deep water oil production and deep ocean telecommunication cable operations. This paper presents a survey of the present state and future directions of commercial underwater robotics, examines principal technical challenges, and outlines new enabling technologies for commercial underwater robotic vehicles.
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