Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    China
    Home / China / Innovation

    AI to help China reach for the stars

    Xinhua | Updated: 2018-05-03 18:43
    Share
    Share - WeChat

    BEIJING - Building a space station, probing Mars, setting up a lunar base and going deeper into the universe - artificial intelligence will be at the cutting edge of China's space odyssey.

    China is stepping up development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to support its space programs, Zhang Duzhou, a member of the Chinese Association of Automation and the Chinese Society of Astronautics, told a space conference in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

    Back in 1995, Yang Jiachi, a leading contributor to the development of China's first satellite about half a century ago, proposed developing technology for the intelligent autonomous control of spacecraft.

    Experts are now developing AI technologies in visual image recognition, visual tracking, rendezvous and docking, navigation and positioning, mission planning and spacecraft fault diagnosis, said Zhang.

    Some Chinese spacecraft have been endowed with the preliminary ability of autonomous task-planning.

    For instance, Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft launched in April 2017, accomplished autonomous fast rendezvous and docking with the Tiangong-2 space lab. The rendezvous and docking time was shortened from three days to six and a half hours thanks to AI.

    AI technology also aided the Chang'e-3 lunar probe, launched in 2013, to touch down softly on the Moon. The probe's lander was capable of hovering and choosing a suitable landing site on its own.

    However, Zhang said, China's space AI is still "weak". If AI technologies are divided into six levels, China is at level two or level three. The technology at level six, the highest level, can enable spacecraft to perform automatic reasoning and independent thinking in orbit.

    "Our aim is to reach level six," Zhang said.

    AI technology is especially useful for spacecraft that are expensive, hard to repair, doing complicated tasks, deployed in a rigorous space environment, or so far from Earth that they respond to directions very slowly, said Zhang.

    With AI, spacecraft could acquire the abilities of self-learning, autonomous perception and planning and self-decision, thus lowering the cost of operation and increasing the quality, safety, reliability and flexibility of space missions.

    The development of AI will bring breakthroughs to China's space industry, he added.

    Top
    BACK TO THE TOP
    English
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
     
    制服在线无码专区| 99热门精品一区二区三区无码| 欧洲Av无码放荡人妇网站| 久久中文骚妇内射| 成人无码精品1区2区3区免费看| 亚洲va中文字幕无码| 亚洲av无码成人精品区| 无码人妻丰满熟妇精品区| 欧美日韩中文国产一区| 无码国模国产在线无码精品国产自在久国产| 最近中文字幕大全免费视频| 亚洲一级特黄无码片| 精品深夜AV无码一区二区| 亚洲国产精品成人精品无码区| 大蕉久久伊人中文字幕| 中文字幕久久精品无码| 精品无人区无码乱码毛片国产 | 99国产精品无码| 无码人妻精品一区二区三区久久久| 在线天堂中文新版www| 中文字幕本一道先锋影音| 亚洲Av无码乱码在线znlu| 日韩国产成人无码av毛片| 一本大道东京热无码一区| 蜜桃无码AV一区二区| 亚洲国产中文字幕在线观看| 最近中文国语字幕在线播放视频| 中文字幕乱码人妻无码久久| 欧美日韩中文国产一区发布| 亚洲精品无码久久毛片| 中文字幕丰满乱子无码视频| 无码国产亚洲日韩国精品视频一区二区三区 | 亚洲va中文字幕无码久久| 国产成年无码久久久免费| 国产AV无码专区亚洲AWWW| 国产aⅴ激情无码久久| 中文字幕无码日韩专区免费| 中文字幕无码免费久久| 亚洲AV日韩AV永久无码久久| 日韩精品无码久久久久久 | 中文字字幕在线中文乱码不卡|