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This boat is special.
It doesn’t need a driver.
Its name is Mayflower 400.
It’s the first driverless boat.
Scientists worked together to make Mayflower 400.
Now, it will sail to America.
400 years ago, the Mayflower took people from England to America.
There won’t be any people on Mayflower 400.
The pandemic stopped the scientists.
They couldn’t test the boat.
Meirwen Jenking-Rees is helping with the tests.
Mayflower 400 uses computers and cameras.
It can see other boats.
It can sail in bad weather.
It learns rules.
Scientists can check its computers.
Oliver Thompson made the boat’s computers.
They help the boat to think.
Mayflower 400 is good for the environment.
It gets power from the sun.
The power is for machines on the boat.
The machines study the sea.
They check the water.
They get information about sea animals too.
Driverless boats can get lots of information about the sea.
Brett Phaneuf is the boat’s manager.
He wants information to help the environment.
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