Space Station bot CIMON likes Kraftwerk & astronauts who are not mean

The International Space Station has got a new team member and if this new shared footage is anything to go by, it's quite the character. AI bot CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion) was brought aboard earlier this year with the aim of assisting crew and boosting morale. But the floating basketball-shaped robot appeared to have its own opinions about what made for a happy crew, according to a new video shared by the station, which shows CIMON throwing a tantrum when told to stop playing music. The robot even accuses European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst of being'mean' and orders him to'be nice' before demanding to know when it's time for lunch. The video of began simply enough with Gerst asking CIMON, which is brought to life by IBM Watson artificial intelligence, to perform different commands and engages it in small talk throughout the demonstration.