让AI飞向太空_UsingAItoSpeeduptheProcessingofSpace

Using AI to Speed up the Processing of Space Images

Much of the information that is beamed back from space is useless. Pictures taken by satellites orbiting the Earth might take days to download only to show lots of cloud obscuring the area of interest. The subject matter may also be surrounded by irrelevant information. All this uses up a lot of valuable bandwidth.

从太空回传回来的信息大部分都是无用的。有时候，从轨道卫星上把照片下载下来可能要花掉你好几天时间，但最后你却发现，大量的云层遮住了你想看的内容。又或者，你关心的内容被一些无关的信息所覆盖。这些无用的信息耗费掉了大量宝贵的带宽。

Processing data in space before transmission would reduce clutter but this can be tricky. Cosmic rays randomly flip the ones and zeroes that computers operate on introducing unpredictable errors. High levels of radiation can also damage electronic circuits. KP Labs based in Gliwice Poland is building a satellite to overcome some of these problems. Their device called Intuition-1 is controlled by a neural network a form of artificial intelligence modelled on the human brain. The satellite is what is known in the trade as a 6U CubeSat which means it is composed of six standard-sized 10x10x11.5cm modules.