Домой United States USA — software IBM-powered Mayflower robo-ship restarts Atlantic crossing

IBM-powered Mayflower robo-ship restarts Atlantic crossing

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Whaddayaknow? It’s made it more than halfway to America
The autonomous Mayflower ship is making another attempt at a transatlantic journey from the UK to the US, after engineers hauled the vessel to port and fixed a technical glitch. Built by ProMare, a non-profit organization focused on marine research, and IBM, the Mayflower set sail on April 28, beginning its over 3,000-mile voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. But after less than two weeks, the crewless ship broke down and was brought back to port in Horta in the Azores, 850 miles off the coast of Portugal, for engineers to inspect. With no humans onboard, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) can only rely on its numerous cameras, sensors, equipment controllers, and various bits of hardware running machine-learning algorithms to survive. The computer-vision software helps it navigate through choppy waters and avoid objects that may be in its path. Its first transatlantic crossing attempt ended in failure due to a mechanical fault with its generator.

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