Between August 2007 and November 2023, ROV KIEL 6000 has been deployed during 30 expeditions from 8 different research vessels and during several tests.

During these expeditions and tests, ROV KIEL 6000 completed 382 dives.

While having been in the water almost 3040 hours, ROV KIEL 6000 spent nearly 2167 hours at the seafloor.

During expedition SO210 on board RV SONNE, ROV KIEL 6000 reached its greatest diving depth of more than 6000 m off the coast of Chile.

Until today (October 2024), more than 205 articles (mostly peer-reviewed) to which ROV KIEL 6000 contributed were published, and 90 new species sampled by ROV KIEL 6000 are described to date.