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CIMON

Built by Airbus

Updated Jun 2026·methodology
CIMON

Overview

CIMON is a research robot manufactured by Airbus SAS in DE. AI robot used on the International Space Station

Specifications

Category: Research
Weight
5 kg
Launch year
2019
Price
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Status
active

Detailed specifications

Motion & kinematics1
Dof
6
Other17
Applications
visual_inspection
Sub Category
free-flying spherical AI assistant
Datasheet Url
View Link
Contact Emails
ralph.heinrich@airbus.com,francisco.lechon@airbus.com,jeremy.close@airbus.com,guilhem.g.boltz@airbus.com
Model Variants
CIMON-1,CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile companioN)
Company Country
DE
Navigation Type
vision
Deployment Count
2
Deployment Notes
Deployed on ISS during Alexander Gerst's Horizons mission (2018) and CIMON-2 tested with Luca Parmitano (2020)[1][5][6]
Youtube Video Id
K6KZgutwruA
Industries Served
space
Software Platform
IBM Watson AI (voice control)
Availability Status
available
Countries Available
Germany (built),International Space Station (deployed)
Extras Contact Emails
mathias.pikelj@airbus.com,ralph.heinrich@airbus.com,francisco.lechon@airbus.com,jeremy.close@airbus.com,guilhem.g.boltz@airbus.com
Programming Interface
voice
Additional Information
CIMON will be tested on the ISS by Alexander Gerst during the European Space Agency’s Horizons mission between June and October 2018.,CIMON uses Watson AI technology from the IBM cloud.,CIMON was trained using voice samples and photos of Alexander Gerst.,CIMON will get its first ‘taste of space’ as early as March 2018 with the 31st DLR parabolic flight campaign.

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