Development and deep-sea exploration of the Haidou-1

1 Introduction The Haidou-1 Autonomous and Remotely-operated Vehicle(hereinafter referred to as Haidou-1)(Fig.1)has been developed to address the significant demands for core key technologies and equipment in China’s deep and distant seas.The vehicle is capable of covering all global ocean depths up to a maximum of 11000 meters.Full-ocean-depth underwater vehicles represent one of the highest technological and capability benchmarks in current international marine science research.