Mitsui Engineering, KDDI unit to launch underwater robot

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. and Kokusai Marine Engineering Corp., a KDDI Corp. affiliate, announced May 11 that they will launch an autonomous underwater vehicle untethered by control cables (shown in photo) for business use. The 3-meter-long ''Aqua Explorer 2000 (AE 2000)'' is made to patrol and maintain existing optical fiber cables underwater cost-effectively. It can operate at a speed of 5.6 kilometers per hour on the seafloor at depths of up to 2,000 meters.

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• ILEA000008419

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• 2001/5/11 00:00:00

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• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

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