{"id":182085,"date":"2019-12-06T21:10:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T13:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1812941\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T21:10:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T13:10:25","slug":"more-emotional-cimon-2-robot-assistant-returns-to-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/06\/more-emotional-cimon-2-robot-assistant-returns-to-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"More Emotional CIMON-2 Robot Assistant Returns to ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CIMON, the world’s first AI-powered astronaut assistant, returns to space (via IBM)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The world’s first AI-powered astronaut assistant returned to the International Space Station a more empathetic companion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following a successful 14-month cosmic mission<\/a> (and a short trip home to Earth), CIMON-2 arrived back on the artificial satellite with a heightened ability to analyze human emotion.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A joint project by IBM, Airbus, and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), CIMON-2 caught a SpaceX rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boasting a combination of IBM Watson AI, cloud connectivity, and neural network training, the Crew Interactive Mobile Companion<\/a> can help complete routine tasks and research projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

About the size of a medicine ball, the voice-controlled floating robot operates with a smile on its digital face, displaying instructions and recording images during an experiment.<\/span><\/p>\n

It can also recognize, learn from, and bone with crew members through natural language; offer creative solutions to tricky challenges; and even serve as a security guard, noticing potential problems before they become dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n

During its initial operation\u2014a 90-minute mission with German ESA cosmonaut Alexander Gerst in November 2018\u2014the robot proved it functions well in microgravity and can successfully interact with scientists.<\/span><\/p>\n

The improved CIMON-2 comes with more sensitive microphones, more robust computers, and IBM Watson Tone Analyzer technology, which uses linguistic analysis to detect emotion in the tone of a conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It is planned that CIMON-2 will stay on the ISS for up to three years and support the crew,” Airbus project manager Till Eisenberg said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethical questions concerning the future use of CIMON, meanwhile, are under scrutiny by physicians at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because human images and audio are recorded, processed, and interpreted by the machine, high standards of data security\u2014as well as trust\u2014are necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The astronaut has control over CIMON at all times,” LMU researcher Judith Buchheim said in September, “which was especially important for us.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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