{"id":"61cff193-7f38-4434-ad75-3b057c54e1ae","companyId":"a059be81-62c7-4221-9763-3f632404eaba","modelName":"CIMON","slug":"cimon","description":"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).","formFactor":"space","industryVertical":"space","environment":"space","maturityStage":"research","lifecycleState":"discontinued","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"ai":"IBM Watson natural-language","role":"ISS crew-assistant free-flyer","builder":"Airbus (DLR-funded)","runtime":"2 h","autonomy":"voice-commanded assistant; autonomous free-flight station-keeping only","weight_kg":5},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIMON","title":"CIMON","sourceName":"primary/credible"},{"url":"https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2018-11-crew-assistant-cimon-successfully-completes-first-tasks-in-space","title":"Crew assistant CIMON successfully completes first tasks in space","sourceName":"Airbus"},{"url":"https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2020/02/20200415_cimon-2-makes-its-debut-on-the-iss","title":"CIMON-2 makes its debut on the ISS","sourceName":"DLR"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimon_(robot)","title":"Cimon (robot)","sourceName":"Wikipedia"}],"aliases":["Crew Interactive Mobile Companion"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":"reverified 2026-06-09 (Kimi-incident remediation): cited primary source resolves and matches manufacturer/reputable domain; relevance adjudicated.","manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"keyFacts":[{"label":"Focus","value":"European aerospace manufacturer with a Defence and Space division."},{"label":"Robot","value":"CIMON ISS crew-assistant free-flyer."},{"label":"Backers","value":"CIMON funded by DLR."},{"label":"Technology","value":"Uses IBM Watson natural-language AI."}],"createdAt":"2026-06-06T00:40:02.938Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-15T13:22:16.281Z","unitsInFieldClaimed":null,"unitsInFieldVerified":null,"unitsManufacturedClaimed":null,"unitsManufacturedVerified":null,"unitsAsOf":null,"unitsSource":null,"salesModel":null,"priceUndisclosedSince":null,"autonomyClass":null,"autonomyStatement":null,"autonomyStatementSource":null,"demoForensics":null,"exportControlClass":null,"minCommitment":null,"warrantyTerms":null,"serviceModel":null,"productionRateClaimed":null,"productionRateEvidenced":null,"teleopRatioDisclosed":null,"interventionRateDisclosed":null,"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/cimon","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/cimon","name":"CIMON","alternateName":["Crew Interactive Mobile Companion"],"description":"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).","identifier":"61cff193-7f38-4434-ad75-3b057c54e1ae","category":"space","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"research","lifecycle_state":"discontinued","architectural_position":{"cohort":"space","sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":4,"primary_source_types":["knowledge-base"]}}}