Polar applications of ROVs

This paper tries to perform, through a historical review of polar applications of ROVs technology carried out by CNR-IAN, a reflection upon the trends of the employment of robotics in polar environments and the influence of this application over robotic research. A particular attention will be paid on describing the polar applications of the ROVs developed by CNR-IAN in the last ten years and on giving some reports of the related tests performed in field.