Swiss-Japanese Space Collaboration: Robots Play Hide-and-Seek on ISS

In a groundbreaking international cooperation, Swiss researchers help facilitate first-ever collaborative robot interaction between German and Japanese space agencies aboard the ISS.

Key Takeaways

Swiss Biotesc center supports German robot Cimon's operations on ISS
First-ever collaborative interaction between German Cimon and Japanese Int-Ball2 robots
Int-Ball2 is a camera drone controlled remotely from Japan

By The Numbers

Number of space agencies involved (German and Japanese)

Number of items found during hide-and-seek demonstration

They Said

"The 'milestone' achieved paves the way for more advanced human-robot teams in space"
— Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and IBM

Historic Space Collaboration

Swiss Contribution

Technical Implementation

Experiment Results

Future Implications

Sources & References

Two robots play hide-and-seek in space with Swiss help

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Key Takeaways

Swiss Biotesc center supports German robot Cimon's operations on ISS
First-ever collaborative interaction between German Cimon and Japanese Int-Ball2 robots
Int-Ball2 is a camera drone controlled remotely from Japan

By The Numbers

Number of space agencies involved (German and Japanese)

Number of items found during hide-and-seek demonstration

They Said

"The 'milestone' achieved paves the way for more advanced human-robot teams in space"
— Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and IBM

Key Takeaways

By The Numbers

They Said

Historic Space Collaboration

Swiss Contribution

Technical Implementation

Experiment Results

Future Implications

Sources & References

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