an Astronaut and a robot Meet in the International space station. Says the Astronaut, “Wake up!”, the robot says, “What can I do for You?”. What sounds like the beginning of a possible joke, carry on Wednesday, just as on the ISS. Esa Astronaut Alexander Gerst has tried in a 90-minute Experiment for the first time, the assistance robot “Cimon” – successfully, as the German centre for air and space travel (DLR), the European space Agency (Esa) and the manufacturer company, Airbus reported on Friday virtually the same time.

“Cimon” – the Name to remember”, Professor Simon Wright,” the robotic assistant, “flying brain”, from the Japanese Science-Fiction series “Captain Future”. With the in Germany developed and built the device, it comes to develop technology to support astronauts in routine tasks – in making use of your expensive working time as effectively as possible.

Until then, it is, of course, still a long way. In the first Experiment Cimon showed “”, but at least he was able to autonomously navigate in the Columbus laboratory of the ISS, several spins and movements, including – thanks to twelve small fans on Board.

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in addition, managed the robot according to the reports, to seek the face of Astronaut Gerst and eye contact As a Demonstration of his assistant’s skills, he also showed on a Display in the center of the ball, the instructions for a student Experiment for crystal formation, played a song and made a Video and a photo of Gerst.

“It’s an incredible feeling and an incredible joy to experience that ‘Cimon’ really looks, listens, understands and speaks. This is the first real use of All means, for us, a piece of space travel history and represents the beginning of a hopefully long-term use on the ISS,” says project Manager Christian Karrasch from the DLR.

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at The Moment, it is true, however, that “Cimon” is still dependent on the computer capacity on the ground, in order to fulfil its tasks. In this example, the voice data of a question via satellite are transmitted to the earth – and from an IBM computer to be interpreted. First, there is content and context and Intention of a question or statement to be analyzed. The response is then sent to the ISS.

Astronaut Alexander Gerst is since the 8. June 2018 to the space station, and there is currently even a commander. His return to earth is currently available for the 20. December planned. She had been delayed because of the false starts of two astronauts in their Soyuz capsule. That’s why the ISS is the third-the crew is currently only. Plus, “Cimon”, of course. Wherein the sleeps after his first use of once again. It should, however, remain even after Gersts return flight on the Station and other Esa-space drivers are used.

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