Engineer Jonathan Howland and colleagues in the WHOI Deep Submergence Laboratory developed software programs to automate many driving functions in the upgraded Alvin. The software sends commands to the sub’s seven orange thrusters. (Thomas Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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Engineer Jonathan Howland and colleagues in the WHOI Deep Submergence Laboratory developed software programs to automate many driving functions in the upgraded Alvin. The software sends commands to the sub's seven orange thrusters. (Thomas Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)