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 listed at $5,500,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.

Yes. CIMON is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

CIMON's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Runtime: 2 h; Weight: 5 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.

CIMON is made by Airbus, based in Leiden, Netherlands / Toulouse, France, founded in 1970.

1 verified deployment of CIMON is on the DEPLOY registry, including at International Space Station.

CIMON is discontinued and no longer sold; its historical record remains on the DEPLOY registry.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable space robots to CIMON include Chang'e Lander, Mira, W-Series Capsule, spacevan.

CIMON and Chang'e Lander (China National Space Administration · 4 deployments) are both space robots on the DEPLOY registry. CIMON has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, CIMON ranks in roughly the top 52% of space models tracked by the registry.

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.

CIMON is discontinued: the product line is permanently ceased; historical records remain on the registry.

CIMON has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

CIMON is an AI-powered medical service robot deployed at Samsung Medical Center and other hospitals. It assists with logistics, patient monitoring, and reducing administrative burden so nurses can focus on direct patient care. Samsung Medical Center also introduced AI-powered smart wards with wearable vital sign tracking.