AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)

1981 AUVs- This was a robot that travles underwater without requiring input from a operator. This was also used in a way to take the high personnel costs out of scientific sampling of the ocean. These platforms are low cost as compared to ships but can nevertheless be directed as to where, when, and what they sample to full ocean depth. So it impacted the science world by cutting the cost, rather then using ships, and explored the bottom of the sea.