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Orpheus, a small AUV built by Orpheus Ocean, has completed six dives to depths of 3.5 miles.

The AUV, based in New Bedford, is designed to explore extreme ocean depths and collect data.

The company plans to mass-produce Orpheus AUVs for various deep-ocean applications, including offshore wind development and environmental surveys.

NEW BEDFORD – Orpheus is less than a year old but is precocious.

The undersea robot built by Orpheus Ocean has already made six dives to 3.5 miles beneath the ocean’s surface.

The bright orange autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle, or AUV, weighs in at 550 pounds and at six feet long and two feet wide looks like a little submarine.

It currently awaits its next journey to the bottom of the sea at 1265 Purchase St. where Orpheus Ocean

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