Robot model
CIMON
Crew Interactive Mobile Companion: a free-flying spherical ISS crew-assistant built by Airbus (funded by DLR) using IBM Watson for natural-language interaction. Activated and controlled by astronaut voice command ('wake up'); it is a voice assistant with autonomous free-flight station-keeping, NOT an autonomous agent. CIMON-1 demonstrated on the ISS from 2018-06-29 and returned to Earth 2019-08-27; CIMON-2 launched 2019-12-05 (later operational status not publicly confirmed).
CIMON is a space robot built by Airbus. · Documented in 1 deployment in International Space Station.
discontinuedDiscontinued. The product or service is no longer actively pursued by the maker.
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- Revision history: /models/cimon/history
- Data documentation: /data
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- Form factor
- space
- Maturity stage
- research
- Lifecycle
- discontinued
- Deployments
- 1
- ID
61cff193-7f38-4434-ad75-3b057c54e1ae
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Specs
- ai
- IBM Watson natural-language
- role
- ISS crew-assistant free-flyer
- builder
- Airbus (DLR-funded)
- autonomy
- voice-commanded assistant; autonomous free-flight station-keeping only
Recent deployments (1)
- CIMON at International Space StationInternational Space Station
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is CIMON?
- Crew Interactive Mobile Companion: a free-flying spherical ISS crew-assistant built by Airbus (funded by DLR) using IBM Watson for natural-language interaction. Activated and controlled by astronaut voice command ('wake up'); it is a voice assistant with autonomous free-flight station-keeping, NOT an autonomous agent. CIMON-1 demonstrated on the ISS from 2018-06-29 and returned to Earth 2019-08-27; CIMON-2 launched 2019-12-05 (later operational status not publicly confirmed).
- Who makes CIMON?
- CIMON is made by Airbus, based in Leiden, Netherlands / Toulouse, France, founded in 1970.
- Where is CIMON deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of CIMON is on the DEPLOY registry, including at International Space Station.
- What is CIMON's maturity stage?
- CIMON is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.
- Is CIMON still being made?
- CIMON is discontinued: the product line is permanently ceased; historical records remain on the registry.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-06
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-06
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: discontinued
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for CIMON.