AUV technicians watch the navigational tracks of three AUVs from an office onshore

AUV technicians watch the navigational tracks of three AUVs from an office onshore. Although technicians can update the program that determines an AUV's path to respond to a challenge, such as a current, a true autonomous vehicle is never driven by a human. Image courtesy of US Navy.

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