Free-floating AI robot gets huffy with astronaut during International Space Station interaction

A free-floating robotic face says "Be nice, please," to European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst in a video released by the ESA on Friday. The video marked the crew's first official interaction between CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN), an Alexa-style robot run by IBM Watson artificial intelligence. The AI robot is there to help crew members with tasks, boost morale and provide a little entertainment, CNET.com reported. Some of Gerst's interactions with the robot were somewhat weird and awkward. Gerst and CIMON begin with small talk and then Gerst asks it to play his favorite song: "The Man-Machine" by Kraftwerk, a German electronic band.