Astronaut assistant 'CIMON'Artificial intelligence on the ISS
With 'CIMON' - the world's first flying and autonomously operating astronaut assistant - scientists are sending artificial intelligence to the International Space Station ISS in summer 2018. The details of the project by DLR, Airbus, IBM and LMU.
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Similar to 'Siri' and 'Alexa', 'CIMON' is an artificial intelligent system that answers questions, but does even more: It can see, hear, understand, speak - and fly. it has a diameter of 32 centimeters and weighs five kilograms. The robot comes from a 3D printer and is made of metal and plastic. Pictured in the background (from left to right): Dr. Christian Karrasch (project manager from DLR), Ril Eisenberg (project manager from Airbus) and Christoph Kössl (Airbus Software System).
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