Nao an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot by Aldebaran Robotics.

Along with Pepper, Aldebaran Robotics produce Nao, an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot. Nao is far more advanced than it’s younger sibling. At around US$8000 dollars, it is not really a consumer product, but an innovative way to study robotics. Nao has taken over from Aibo as the robot of choice for educators, and teams of Nao compete in the Robot Soccer World Cup.

Nao an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot by Aldebaran Robotics.

Of course, Nao is far from human. In fact, as I told the robot at the Softbank store in Tokyo, “You’ll never be a real boy”.

Nao made his opinions on the matter quite clear…

Nao an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot by Aldebaran Robotics.