Zeus Meg Wark Spring 09. OMEX “Odyssey Marine Exploration has pioneered a new branch of archaeology, which we call “commercial marine archaeology,” defined.

Zeus

Meg Wark Spring 09

OMEX“Odyssey Marine Exploration has pioneered a

new branch of archaeology, which we call “commercial marine archaeology,” defined as the pursuit of deep-ocean archaeological research and exploration as a “for profit” venture”

Odyssey's archaeological excavation and recovery operations combine high-tech robotics including Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) with sophisticated positioning systems, cameras and specialized computer hardware and software to carefully record the location of artifacts in situ and to document the entire archaeological process as the artifacts are recovered from a shipwreck site.

Meet Zeus

• Dimensions: Height: 9.5 Length: 10.5 Width: 10.5 ′ ′ ′• Weight in Air: 8 Tons • Operating Depth: 2,500 meters (8,200 ft.) • Power & Propulsion: 150KW/200 HP 8 thrusters • Speed: 3 Kts • Manipulators: 2x Schilling 7 Function Conan spatial

correspondent manipulators • Handling System: Knuckle-boom Crane

Launch/Recovery • Track Modules: Can be installed for stable sterile

area operations w/proportional controls

Propulsion

• 3 Main Types of Navigation GPS, USBL, & LBL• 8 Electro-hydraulic valves control thrust– 4 in the vertical, 4 in the horizontal.– Reversible

• Can run up to 7 days before needing to resurface

Robotic Manipulators

• 2 Schilling seven-function Conan Force-

Feedback Manipulators• 120 degree working radius• 175kg lift capacity

Sonar

• Kongsberg Simrad Mesotech 6000m Digital Sonar on Zeus

• A pair of Edgetech DF1000 sidescan sonar's

• Win Frog

Photography/Videography

• 24/7 Live streaming feed• Control Room• Offline Room• DataLog™ • HMI Lights• Photomosaics• Micro SeaCam 2002

Vacuum

• Sediment Removal and Filtration System or SeRF™– Turbine pumps divert water– Suction without use of moving parts– Lift 45kg or more

• Venturi Hose– Separate compartments for sediment– Vacuum sealed underwater– Items as small as a button or seed

Archeology

• As they conduct robotic archaeological operations at sites hundreds -and sometimes thousands -of feet below the ocean surface, Odyssey's ROV pilots are directed by marine archaeologists aboard the recovery vessel.

Contributions

The Odyssey Marine Exploration Corporation has accepted charters from several scientific groups to use their technology to aid the scientific community.

Mineral explorationSea Floor MappingSpecies Identification and RetrievelWreck Retrieval

Archeological explorationSediment AnalysisReef ConstructionEducation/Awareness

Bibliography• Broad, William J. “A Submersible Robot Dives for Steamship Gold” New York Times

November 16, 2004• Jones, Daron “The Marketplace: ROV Tooling” Underwater Magazine May/June 2003• Odyssey Marine Exploration < http://www.shipwreck.net> • “Odyssey Purchases ZEUS Work-Class ROV System to Begin Shipwreck Recovery

Operations” Business Wire August 14, 2003• “Odyssey Completes SS Republic Pre-Disturbance Survey and Begins Excavation”

Business Wire November 6, 2003• “Odyssey Explorer Completes Repairs And Upgrades And Mobilizes For Upcoming

Project Operations” Business Wire March 19, 2008• “Odyssey Explorer and ZEUS Complete Sea Trials Successfully” Business Wire October 2,

2003• “Research Vessel Odyssey Begins 2004 Shipwreck Search Season” Business Wire April 13,

2004• “The Odyssey Explorer: Deep Ocean Recovery Platform” Ultimate Adventure Vehicles

Oct 5, 2008 <http://www.thelifeofadventure.com> • Kingsley, Sean “Odyssey Marine Exploration and Deep-Sea Shipwreck Archeology: The

State of The Art” Minerva May/June 2003: Volume 14 Number 3• King, Thomas F., “ROBOTIC ARCHAEOLOGY ON THE DEEP OCEAN FLOOR” Encyclopedia

of Archeology ED. Deborah M. Pearsall 2008 ed.