{"id":293,"date":"2026-05-12T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:47:18","slug":"remote-operations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/facilities\/remote-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"ISC Remote Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remote Operations Center<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ISC Remote Operations Center (ROC) supports cutting-edge Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) teams. This space was historically the ISC\u2019s public broadcast control room, but has been used since 2024 as a cloud-based command and control facility for remote operations taking place near and far including Narragansett Bay, the Great Lakes, and the mid-Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ROC facilitates these modern operations through several key evolutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>From Public Broadcast to Robotic Command:<\/strong> Formerly, this space functioned as a specialized production room that produced live interactive programming to public venues like the Mystic Aquarium\u2019s <em>Nautilus Live<\/em> Theater. Today, it has been remodeled into a secure ROC to meet the rising demand for uncrewed ocean exploration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remote USV Piloting: <\/strong>The room utilizes advanced server architecture, secure VPN tunnels, and high-bandwidth connectivity including via satellite\/Starlink arrays to allow shoreside operators to track, navigate, and pilot uncrewed vessels like the DriX over the horizon in real time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cloud-Based Data Ingestion:<\/strong> The ROC serves as the primary onshore collection point for remote acoustic, bathymetric, and sensor data streamed directly from uncrewed platforms. Engineers monitor the health of autonomous systems while researchers evaluate data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hybrid Virtual Productions: <\/strong>While the physical room focuses heavily on robotic operations, the ISC media team also uses its modernized, cloud-based architecture to support virtual production workflows and route real-time media, data, and communications to global scientific networks, classrooms, aquariums, and other venues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remote Systems Engineering &amp; Development Center<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Remote Systems Engineering &amp; Development Center serves as the primary test, development and operations facility for network, data and video systems connecting the NOAA Ship <em>Okeanos Explorer<\/em> and shore. Future remote watchstanding for the ship\u2019s network and data services will complement the shipboard team and provide training and development opportunities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ISC Remote Operations Center (ROC) supports cutting-edge Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) teams. This space was historically the ISC\u2019s public broadcast control room, but has been used since 2024 as a cloud-based command and control facility for remote operations taking place near and far including Narragansett Bay, the Great Lakes, and the mid-Atlantic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1726,"featured_media":162,"parent":287,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-293","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions\/894"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}