Aldebaran Robotics Release Sneek Peek at Robotic Humanoid Project

The secretive French robotics company, Aldebaran Robotics , has released a sneek-peek of its secretive robotic project, Nao . There a a few videos of the robot partially revealing itself. We get a glimps of it's hand waving, what appears to be its feet, and some facial recognition. The 14 person company was founded in 2005 and claims to be France's first robotics company. Their primary project, Project Nao, "aims to make available to the public, at an affordable price, a humanoid robot with mechanical, electronic, and cognitive features, based on those of the prototype". The robot will supposedly run Linux, have WiFi capabilites and is designed "for entertainment." The current goal is to have Nao available for purchase at the end of 2007. Our buddy Lem, over at Robots-Dreams has written a great interview with Bruno Maisonnier, the founder of Aldebaran Robotics. So, if anyone at Aldebaran is reading this, don't forget to send your friends at GoRobotics.net a review version of the robot!