PLYMOUTH, England (AP) — The Mayflower had a few false starts before its trailblazing sea voyage to America more than 400 years ago.
Now, its namesake is having some glitches of its own.
A sleek robotic trimaran retracing the 1620 journey of the famous English vessel had to turn back Friday to fix a mechanical problem.
Nonprofit marine research organization ProMare, which worked with IBM to build the autonomous ship, said it hopes to be back on the trans-Atlantic journey as soon as possible.
With no humans on board the ship, there’s no one to make repairs while it’s at sea.
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