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CIMON

DLR / Airbus / IBM · 2018–now · also Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

Free-floating AI assistant tested with astronauts aboard the ISS, using speech and vision to support crew tasks.

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Free-Flying Crew Cooperative Robots on the ISS: A Joint Review of Astrobee, CIMON, and Int-Ball Operations

Seiko Piotr Yamaguchi, Andres Mora Vargas, Till Eisenberg, Christian Rogon +6 moreiSpaRo 2025 2 citedFeb 11, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers HRI & Teleoperation Multi-Robot & Swarms Astrobee Int-Ball CIMON

Feb 11, 2026