Blog

Aug 20, 2023

Chinese firm launches satellite with AI-powered ‘brain’

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, satellites

The satellite’s developer says it has an onboard intelligent processing unit that allows it process data without sending it back to ground controlThe company hopes it could one day be used to monitor environmental conditions or support emergency relief efforts.

A Chinese company has launched a satellite that has powerful artificial intelligence at its core, with the final aim of creating a self-controlled spaceship.

The WonderJourney-1A, or WJ-1A, which blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Inner Mongolia earlier this month, has an onboard intelligent processing unit known as the String Edge AI Platform.

Comments are closed.