CIMON - the intelligent astronaut assistant - Human-machine interaction in space - first technology experiment using artificial intelligence on the ISS

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CIMON - the intelligent astronaut assistant - Human-machine interaction in space - first technology experiment using artificial intelligence on the ISS


The Crew Interactive MObile companioN (CIMON) is able to see, hear, understand, speak – and fly. It is roughly spherical, has a diameter of 32 centimetres and weighs five kilograms. Its robotic predecessor was Professor Simon Wright's 'flying brain', with sensors, cameras and a speech processor in the 1978 cartoon series, 'Captain Future'. Almost 40 years later, CIMON, the astronaut's flight attendant and assistance system, could turn science fiction into 'science fact'.



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