In April 1621, the Mayflower returned to England. It’s fate after it made the trip back home is unknown.
In the 1950s, an exact replica of the Mayflower was built in England. It sailed 5,000 kilometers (3,106 miles) from England to Massachusetts, where it remains docked today.
Next-Generation AI Technology to do ocean research
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship will rely on the latest AI technology when it sets out to sea.
“We’ve got all sorts of cameras. We’ve got global positioning systems on either side,” MSubs Managing Director Brett Phaneuf said. The only thing it doesn’t have and won’t need is “people space.”
It took two years for an international team to turn Pharneuf’s vision into an autonomous ship. After the modern-day Mayflower retraces the 400-year-old passage to the New World, its ultimate mission will be to gather data on climate change and marine life.
The Mayflower’s progress will be followed in real-time on the interactive MAS400 web portal. Which provides updates on the MAS position, on-board status, and a stream of data from various research projects.
