Robot model
Int-Ball
JAXA JEM Internal Ball Camera: a free-flying, self-propelled spherical camera drone inside the ISS Japanese Experiment Module, controlled by JAXA ground operators to record crew operations (offloading photo/video chores from astronauts). Autonomous free-flight and station-keeping; tasking is ground-directed. Int-Ball 1 launched 2017-06-03; Int-Ball2 (2023-06-06) adds a stereo camera, IMU and autonomous docking.
Int-Ball is a space robot built by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. · Documented in 1 deployment in International Space Station.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/int-ball.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/1c3eedb7-e6f3-42dd-a389-5427e5aa1be3
- Revision history: /models/int-ball/history
- Data documentation: /data
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- Form factor
- space
- Maturity stage
- research
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- ID
1c3eedb7-e6f3-42dd-a389-5427e5aa1be3
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Specs
- role
- ISS internal free-flying camera
- autonomy
- autonomous free-flight/station-keeping; ground-directed tasking
- launched
- 2017-06-03
Recent deployments (1)
- Int-Ball at International Space StationInternational Space Station
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Int-Ball?
- JAXA JEM Internal Ball Camera: a free-flying, self-propelled spherical camera drone inside the ISS Japanese Experiment Module, controlled by JAXA ground operators to record crew operations (offloading photo/video chores from astronauts). Autonomous free-flight and station-keeping; tasking is ground-directed. Int-Ball 1 launched 2017-06-03; Int-Ball2 (2023-06-06) adds a stereo camera, IMU and autonomous docking.
- Who makes Int-Ball?
- Int-Ball is made by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2003.
- Where is Int-Ball deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Int-Ball is on the DEPLOY registry, including at International Space Station.
- What is Int-Ball's maturity stage?
- Int-Ball 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.
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: active
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 Int-Ball.