| 摘要 |
A method of hosting an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) (14) at a subsea location comprises lowering at least one AUV basket (18) to a subsea location adjacent at least one preinstalled subsea structure (24), which structure has provision for electrical power to be provided to it. At the subsea location, the, or each, basket (18) is connected to the, or each, subsea structure (24) to receive electrical power from the subsea structure. In this way, electrical power routed via the subsea structure (24) may be used to charge batteries of an AUV docked with the basket. Provision may also be made to effect data communication with the AUV with data being communicated between the subsea structure (24) and the basket (18). |
