"Crew interactive mobile partner" CIMON costs $6 million, 3D-
Basketball-
Airbus makes large plastic robots for the German Aerospace Center.
Hope that the robot will improve the efficiency and morale of the crew in the long and lonely space mission (
A bit reminiscent of Wilson in Castaway). The AI-
The Powered bot has 12 internal fans that allow him to move while floating in weightless conditions.
It has an interactive screen with a creepy drawing
Like face, you can display instructions, capture videos, play music, and search objects.
CIMON was delivered to the International Space Station on June, a new video from the European Space Agency (ESA)
It shows the first interaction between German astronaut Alexander Gester and the robot.
From the lens, to be fair, the CIMON is still a little rusty and can make some adjustments before considering any Mars mission.
At first the bot seemed to do a good job in the basic demo, but after Gerst asked CIMON about some music, things started getting worse and worsetrack.
Around 4: 08 in the video, CIMON started performing and soon refused to switch from music mode.
Things get awkward when CIMON starts complaining about Gerst: "Don't you like that I'm here ? ", Then sank ominous toward the deck.
ESA did not seem to be too discouraged by that cold meeting, writing that they were "satisfied with his initial outing" and claiming that "the developers of CIMON and Alexander wanted CIMON to be put into use again soon.
"Read more: Mutant superbacteria threaten future space station expeditions-NASAThe space agency added that while no further simulation sessions have been planned for the Horizon mission at this time, this may just be the beginning of "exciting cooperation between astronauts, robot assistants and future space artificial intelligence.
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