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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Dr. Christian Karrasch and Till Eisenberg with CIMON in their hands
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According to Dr. Christian Karrasch (left), the deployment of 'CIMON' in space is a technology demonstration that would otherwise take five to ten years in space travel. The 50-strong team around the two project managers Karrasch and Eisenberg achieved this in two years.

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