Unmanned underwater vehicle and method for operating an unmanned underwater vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to an unmanned underwater vehicle (1) which can be controlled according to predefinable control information by means of a control device (3). The invention also relates to a method for operating an unmanned underwater vehicle (1). To reduce the outlay for investigations of underwater areas using unmanned underwater vehicles, the invention provides for the underwater vehicle (1) to be able to be controlled either in an autonomous operating mode or in a remotely controlled operating mode, predetermined internal control information from a memory element (13) being able to be predefined to the control device (3) in the autonomous operating mode and external control information being able to be predefined to the control device (3) via a communication device (11) of the underwater vehicle (1) in the remotely controlled operating mode.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.