There have been two noteworthy developments in the last week for Aldebaran and Nao, their humanoid platform. Let's have a look at this exciting news. Nao Charging Station As announced in Tokyo last weekend, Nao get's a charging station that allows the robot to autonomously recharge itself when ne
Some time ago, Aldebaran Robotics launched their developer program for their popular Nao humanoid platform. The idea is to prepare the little robot for mass commercialization by releasing it to a select group of developers who will create applications for it. The robot is sold to the devel
Nao, by Aldebaran Robotics, has been busy this holiday season and prepared some cool presentations for us all to enjoy! Below, its official holiday greeting. Robots can have the jitters too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqZHkxbiXWA After conquering its stage fear, Nao was able read A Chri
Aldebaran announced recently an update to the very popular Nao. The little robot has now a more robust body, longer curved arms that allow for further reach, an improved motion engine that allows for smoother movements, a cooler head with better heat management, improved speech recognition
Aldebaran's Nao keeps making progress and, as depicted in the video below, was able to register by itself in this year's RobotCup. The video below illustrates a rehearsal of the registration process where Nao introduces himself and presents the required forms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b