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Mayflower Autonomous Ship Launches

- Robot research ship from ProMare and IBM takes to sea

- New Mission Portal features Artie - a seven-armed octopus chatbot

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Sep 15, 2020, 09:53 ET

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PLYMOUTH, England, Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean research non-profit ProMare and IBM (NYSE:IBM) have announced the completion and launch of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) – an AI and solar powered marine research vessel which will traverse oceans gathering vital environmental data.

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Following two years of design, construction and training of its AI models, the new fully-autonomous trimaran was today lifted into the waters off the coast of Plymouth, England ahead of its official launch tomorrow.

Designed to provide a safe, flexible and cost-effective way of gathering data about the ocean, the new-generation Mayflower promises to transform oceanography by working in tandem with scientists and other autonomous vessels to help understand critical issues such as global warming, micro-plastic pollution and marine mammal conservation. ProMare is co-ordinating the scientific studies working with IBM Research and a number of leading scientific organizations.

MAS features an AI Captain built by ProMare and IBM developers which gives MAS the ability to sense, think and make decisions at sea with no human captain or onboard crew. The new class of marine AI is underpinned by IBM's latest advanced edge computing systems, automation software, computer vision technology and Red Hat Open Source software.

"Able to scan the horizon for possible hazards, make informed decisions and change its course based on a fusion of live data, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship has more in common with a modern bank than its 17th century namesake," said Andy Stanford-Clark, Chief Technology Officer, IBM UK & Ireland. "With its ability to keep running in the face of the most challenging conditions, this small ship is a microcosm for every aspiring 21st century business."

To enable followers around the world to stay updated with MAS as it undertakes its various missions, IBM and ProMare have today launched a new interactive web portal. Built by IBM iX, the business design arm of IBM Services, the MAS400 portal is designed to provide real-time updates about the ship's location, environmental conditions and data from its various research projects. Live weather data will be streamed from The Weather Company, as MAS is receiving forecast data and insight from the new IBM Weather Operations Center.

The portal even features a seven-armed, stowaway octopus chatbot called Artie, who claims to be hitching a ride on the ship. Powered by IBM Watson Assistant technology and created in partnership with European start-up Chatbotbay, Artie has been trained to provide information about MAS and its adventures in a lively, and accessible format.

"MAS400.com is one of the most advanced ocean mission web portals ever built," says Fredrik Soreide, Scientific Director of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project and Board Member of ProMare. "Protecting the ocean depends on our ability to engage the public in important matters affecting its health. This MAS400 portal is designed to do exactly that and tell people where the ship is, what speed it's travelling at, what conditions it's operating in and what science we are conducting. Users can even help Artie the Octopus fish out surgical masks, cigarette butts and other increasingly common forms of ocean litter from a virtual ocean of facts and data."

MAS will spend the next six months in sea trials and undertake various research missions and voyages before attempting to cross the Atlantic in Spring 2021. MAS's transatlantic voyage will be based on a similar route and pioneering spirit to the 1620 Mayflower which made the same crossing 400 years ago.

MAS Facts:

Name: 

Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS)

Organizations and
companies behind it:   

ProMare, IBM and a global consortium of partners

 

Mission:

MAS and other autonomous ships and drones working in tandem with human scientists to collect vital oceanographic data

Humans on board:

0

Autonomy level

5 (can operate independently with no human intervention)

Sensors on board:

30+

AI Cameras on board:   

6

Octopuses on board:

1

Science projects:

Marine mammals, micro plastics, sea level height & wave patterns, oceanographic and environmental data collection

Length:

15M

Width:

6.2M

Max speed:

10 knots

Weight:

5 tons/4535KG

Equipment capacity:    

0.7 tons/700KG

Hull design:

Trimaran (central hull with two outrigger wings)

Power:

Solar-driven hybrid electric motor

Software:

IBM Visual Insights computer vision technology, IBM edge systems, IBM Operational Decision Manager automation software, IBM Maximo asset management software, data from The Weather Company        

Hardware:

IBM Power Systems AC922, 6 Jetson AGX Xavier, 2 Jetson Xavier NX, 4+ Intel-based computers, 4+ custom microprocessor systems

Navigation equipment:

Precision GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System), IMU (Inertial Measurement Units), radar, weather station, SATCOM, AIS

Live mission portal:

https://mas400.com

More information:

https://newsroom.ibm.com/then-and-now

B-roll:  

https://newsroom.ibm.com/mayflower-b-roll

Images:

https://newsroom.ibm.com/mayflower-images

Contacts:
Jonathan Batty
IBM Europe
[email protected] 
+44 7741 113871

Ayse Atauz Phaneuf
ProMare
[email protected] 
+44 7729 426283

Carrie Bendzsa
IBM North America
[email protected] 
+1 613 796 3880

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