Despite glitches and detours, the robotic research vessel has finally completed its mission.
, this trip wasn’t exactly smooth sailing either. Mayflower was actually bound for Virginia, but had to be diverted due to a generator issue, and was later troubled by a glitchy battery charger.and motors are powered by the sun through solar panels on top. It has four Raspberry Pi CPUs, a Precision Global Navigation Satellite System, inertial measurement instruments, radar, weather station, SATCOM, and AIS.
Mayflower has a single large hull with two outriggers, one on each side, for a trimaran-type configuration.The Mayflower’s AI models were trailed on a million images collected from cameras at sea in the UK and open databases to detect objects and hazards out in the ocean. It also has cameras, hydrophones, and other equipment for science projects to study marine mammals, microplastics, ocean chemistry, sea level height, wave patterns and more.
“Autonomous research vessels such as MAS — integrated with other shore-based, ship and satellite networks — can collect data about the ocean at a scale and cost-effectiveness far beyond what is possible with today’s relatively small fleet of crewed research vessels,” IBMabout the Mayflower. Besides using feedback from its onboard sensors and a rule management system to avoid collisions at sea, Mayflower also keeps a transparent record of all the decisions it made en route.
Beyond the most recent voyage, the team has also set its sights on the Arctic and a globe-trotting tour.
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