<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31476618</termId><termName>remotely operated vehicles</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Remote underwater free-swimming vessels distinct from remote control vehicles that operate in the air or on land. ROVs are unoccupied, and are tethered to operators that maneuver them from vessels, floating platforms, or on land. They are common in deep water industries, underwater archaeology, and marine biology. They are linked to a host by buoyant tethers or load-carrying umbilical cables. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 21:08:21</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31476619</termId><termName>ROV</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31476620</termId><termName>remote submersible</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31476621</termId><termName>remote submersibles</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31476622</termId><termName>remotely operated underwater vehicles</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31476623</termId><termName>remotely operated vehicle</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31476624</termId><termName>underwater remote operated vehicles</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31476625</termId><termName>vehicles, remotely operated</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31465188</termId><termName>unmanned underwater vehicles</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>