Between August 2007 and April 2025, ROV KIEL 6000 has been deployed during 32 expeditions from 8 different research vessels and during several tests.

During these expeditions and tests, ROV KIEL 6000 completed 409 dives.

While having been in the water almost 3260 hours, ROV KIEL 6000 spent more than 2360 hours at the seafloor (or at working depth in the pelagic (approx. 92 hours), as during the last cruise M209 ).

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 (January 2026), more than 232 articles (mostly peer-reviewed) to which ROV KIEL 6000 contributed were published, and at least 99 new species sampled by ROV KIEL 6000 are described to date. More new species are under investigation.