ABEJA voice AI controls Int-Ball2 robot aboard the ISS

Jul 16, 2026 · Demonstration · ABEJA · Development Platform

ABEJA’s edge voice-recognition system successfully issued movement and rotation commands to JAXA’s Int-Ball2 free-flying robot in the ISS Kibo module.

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  • The experiment demonstrated voice-command control for movement and rotation aboard Kibo.
  • ABEJA tuned the model for station noise and constrained onboard compute.
  • The result is an orbital technology demonstration, not a commercial robot deployment.

ABEJA develops enterprise AI systems and edge-deployable machine-learning software. Its robotics-relevant work includes a compact, noise-tuned voice-recognition system used to issue movement and rotation commands to JAXA’s Int-Ball2 free-flying robot aboard the International Space Station.