It is nearly one year late due mainly to the Covid-19 pandemic, so the autonomous research vessel has missed a planned 400-year anniversary of the original Mayflower crossing of the Atlantic.
But the new Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) is about to set sail.
The artificial intelligence-controlled vessel is in final testing and outfitting of scientific research equipment in Plymouth before heading out to sea with IBM business unit The Weather Co advising that a departure window is opening in early June.
