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We tested the performance new laser and imaging sensor in a REMUS 600 AUV

using a crane, two men in hard hats lower an AUV over the side of a shipNCCOS and partners recently tested the performance of a new laser and imaging sensor in a REMUS 600 AUV. These vehicles, combined with the new laser scanning and imaging sensor, can produce very fine resolution or “micro-bathymetry” models of seabed texture, and indications of attached corals and marine organisms.

https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/scientists-test-improved-laser-scanning-and-imaging-capabilities-for-mapping-mesophotic-coral-communities/