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A crewless ship designed to recreate the Mayflower's historic journey across the Atlantic 400 years ago has crossed the ocean, project bosses have said.
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) completed a 2,700-mile (4,400km) trip from Plymouth in the UK to Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, on Sunday.
It had been due to go to Massachusetts in the USA, but was diverted to Canada to investigate issues it had at sea.
The craft was likely to stay in Halifax for a week or two, managers said.
The 50ft (15m) long solar-powered trimaran is capable of speeds of up to 10 knots (20km/h) and was navigated by on-board artificial intelligence (AI) created by IBM with information from six cameras and 50 sensors.
AI-driven robot boat Mayflower crosses Atlantic Ocean
The crewless ship is in Canada after setting off from Plymouth in the UK in April.
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