SWANSEA, Wales (AP) — More than four centuries after the Mayflower departed from England on a historic sea journey to America, another trailblazing vessel with the same name has set off to retrace the voyage.
This Mayflower is a sleek, modern robotic ship that is carrying no human crew or passengers.
It’s being piloted by sophisticated artificial intelligence technology for a trans-Atlantic crossing that could take up to three weeks, in a project aimed at revolutionizing marine research.
IBM, which built the ship with nonprofit marine research organization ProMare, confirmed the Mayflower Autonomous Ship began its trip early Tuesday.
| By UROOBA JAMAL, Associated Press |
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