Autonomous Benthic Explorer
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Autonomous Benthic Explorer
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Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE) was a pioneering autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) owned and operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. ABE was designed to perform wide-area seabed surveys at depths of up to 4500m (14,674ft) and completed 222 missions from 1996 until it was lost at sea in 2010. ABE pioneered the use of a relatively simple AUV to perform wide area surveys, identify points of interest, and “scout” for a more sophisticated manned vehic
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Autonomous underwater vehicle, 1996–2010
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Benthic_Explorer
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2023-11-11T20:36:19Z
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