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Robotic ship sets off to retrace the Mayflower’s journey
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.
By UROOBA JAMALAssociated Press
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SWANSEA, Wales Four centuries and one year after the Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England, on a historic sea journey to America, another trailblazing vessel with the same name has set off to retrace the voyage.
This Mayflower, though, 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.
Robotic Mayflower Autonomous Ship aims to retrace the Mayflower s journey from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts
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