''Kaşif'' (literally: "Explorer") is a Turkish
remotely operated underwater vehicle
A remotely operated underwater vehicle (technically ROUV or just ROV) is a tethered underwater mobile device, commonly called ''underwater robot''.
Definition
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(ROUV) developed to perform various tasks at underwater drilling works during gas exploration.
The ROUV is constructed in open frame configuration, and can operate in depths up to . She has seven electric motors for propulsion and a hydraulic power system for driving drawers.
''Kaşif'' was developed and constructed by
Armelsan in Turkey in 2020,
and was first used at underwater drilling works of ''
Fatih'' during gas exploration in
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...
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Remotely operated underwater vehicles
Robotic submarines
Ships built in Istanbul
Ships of Turkey
2020 ships
Robots of Turkey
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