We intend to dramatically extend our foot print in the industry, this position will report directly to the Marketing Manager.
Integral to the plan will be research program management, product roadmap definition, advertising and marcomms development.
This highly commercial role demands the skills of an individual who has a proven trackrecord in real marketing and channel leadership with outstanding communication, influence and persuasion skills.
Main job responsibilities
1. Product management:
- drive the Academic Roadmap strategy, working closely the R&D Director and Regional Business Development Managers,
- responsible for the product packaging definition insuring the availability of all the marketing materials,
- deliver first class product sales materials, knowledge and support to assist sales in selling product portfolio and marketing campaigns.
2. Product deployment:
- in charge of the Academics and research channel communication strategy and road show plan,
- release of the 6 months marketing plan (budget: events plan, promotions and co-marketing activities) working closely with Regional Sales,
- responsible for the identification of customers and distributions leads,
- consulting: sharing best practices workshop across the sales team and key operators,
- management of global sales tools e.g. sales site, extranet, video, sales support materials,
- support customers communications initiatives,
- in charge to organize customer workshop training on regular basis.
3. Channels:
- take part of partner (distributors, value added resellers) identification to accelerate Nao deployment,
- define and manage Aldebaran Robotics online strategy,
- manage co-marketing and special partnership with most prestigious University and labs,
- will participate and support Aldebaran events for customer and robotics community.
Main duties
- Be fully embedded into the sales process.
- Provide marketing services support the sales teams.
- Identify customer leads and distribution channels accelerating Nao sales.
- Set quarterly plan with regional sales for promotion and events initiatives insuring the success of Aldebaran products deployment.
Profile
- Degree in business or marketing related subject.
- 4-5 years work experience in B2B / B2C marketing ideally from educational and academia / research markets.
- A very good understanding of technology, hardware and software, ideally robotics.
- Strong hands-on marketing communications skills.
- Hands on experience in originating and running tactical channel marketing campaigns.
- Strong client facing and interpersonal skills.
- Driven by success and a strong appreciation for ROI and revenue growth opportunities with an international perspective.
- Experience working with external creative suppliers.
- Experienced in managing media agencies and the briefing of media plans.
- Online marketing and web site management understanding.
- Project management experience and ability to work under pressure.
- A self-starter with a high degree of enthusiasm and commitment.
- First class communication skills with the ability to understand and communicate very complex and sophisticates products. Cumulating high end features: software, hardware, motion technology, mechanical.
- Languages: english, spanish. French will be a plus.
To apply
Job based in Paris (France).
Apply to this position.
We intend to dramatically extend our foot print in North America, the current job position will report directly to the VP Global Sales.
Main job responsibilities
- To identify and access appropriate decision makers, and stake holders, on the market, promoting and selling Aldebaran’ products portfolio.
- Key verticals to focus: research and academia, education, labs.
- Focused regions: Mexico and North America.
- At first the job will mostly be focused on business development activities opening new business areas bringing new deals.
Main duties
- Define the sales strategy to achieve target.
- Build commercial offers and secure best payment conditions.
- Identify software / integrators partners and distributors accelerating NAO sales.
- Set quarterly plan with promotion and events initiatives insuring the success of Aldebaran products deployment.
- Clause distributor agreements for relevant channels.
- Promote and sell the Aldebaran portfolio; robots products, software pack, services (training, project management, software development).
- Build up the regional business organization (sales support and business development).
- Update and maintain accurate forecast on a weekly basis.
- The NBD Manager will work with the marketing department for better press promotion and coverage; co-marketing with customers and partners. Editorial and review with specialized magazine and web site, etc.
Profile
- B2B business development experience.
- A minimum of five years sales experience preferably on education product distribution, HW and new technology product sales.
- University education (technology or business).
- Ability to understand and communicate very complex and sophisticates products. Cumulating high end features: software, hardware, motion technology, mechanical.
- Significant track record of successes.
- Experience selling in multicultural environments.
- International experience and outlook.
- Familiar with Anglo-Saxon culture, processes and reporting.
- Dynamic, autonomous, self-starter.
- Rigorous, professional, strong self-management and organizational skills.
- Languages: English, Spanish. French will be a plus.
To apply
Job based in San Francisco or Boston (USA).
Apply to this position.
We intend to dramatically extend our foot print in North America, the current job position will report directly to the Regional Manager.
Main job responsibilities
- Support the sales team.
- Evangelize the market toward decision makers and stake holders.
- Manage customers product presentation within business workshop.
- Build training and support offering, to be promoted by the sales team.
- Able to answer initial software development support enquiries.
- Will be in charge of initial 1st level after sales support.
Main duties
- Manage customer technical enquiries.
- Organize technical customer workshop.
- Participate to customer trainings.
- Responsible of the technical support (not product after sale product) of our distributors and customers.
- Support the sales team toward promotion and events initiatives insuring the success of Aldebaran products deployment.
- Communicate with the R&D department, for market feedback and to manage customer request when applicable.
- Communicate with after sales resources to manage special customer inquiries when needed.
- Will do first level after sales support.
- Time to time support, working with the marketing department for events, co-marketing with customers and partners.
Profile
- A minimum of five years sales support experience preferably on education product distribution, HW and new technology product sales.
- Ability to build customer relationship.
- Passionate by robotics.
- University of technology.
- Ability to understand and communicate very complex and sophisticates products, cumulating high end features: software, hardware, motion technology, mechanical.
- Significant track record.
- Experience dealing in multicultural environments.
- International experience and outlook.
- Familiar with Anglo-Saxon culture, processes and reporting.
- Dynamic, autonomous, self-starter.
- Rigorous, professional, strong self-management and organizational skills.
- Languages: English. French will be a plus.
To apply
Job based in San Francisco or Boston (USA).
Apply to this position.
The human voice represents the most natural communication means to interact with a robot. This is why we pay particular attention to Nao’s speech recognition capabilities. In order to make the embedded technology of our robot as efficient as possible, it is necessary to isolate the speech signal from the main speaker. It means to rebuild the same signal as the one which could be picked up directly from the mouth in a “standard” locution situation.
To achieve this goal, it is necessary to reduce the distortions caused by the reverberations, the other speakers, the surrounding noises (urban, domestic) and also the noise produced by the robot itself (motors, etc.). To realize this signal improvement, we will use the available microphone array and the production models (physical, statistic) of the speech.
During your internship, you will have to implement state of the art algorithms of speech enhancement and noise cancellation. You will also have to suggest possible improvements.
The trainee will have to take the inherent robotics constraints into account (real-time, reduced cost of measurement).
Mission
Extracting the speech signal from a noisy multichannel signal.
Profile
Engineering school / Master – Final internship.
Requirements
- Engineering school (last year) and/or Master; specialized in the audio, signal processing or robotics fields.
- Good command of C++ and encoding of real-time signal processing algorithms
- OS: Linux or Windows
- Reading of English scientific articles
- Interested in robotics, autonomous, creative and inventive
Job starts immediately
Apply to this position
Nao takes part to the 2009 Ro-Man conference, in Japan
This year Ro-Man conference is about human-robot interaction. Bruno Maisonnier, Aldebaran Robotics CEA, presents Nao, its interaction and programming capacities.
At least, here we are: 30 beta testers has just received thier Nao for private use. This step is highly determining for the general public version design, still planed to hit the market at the end of 2010.
The European Tech Tour, a commitee composed of worldwide private venture capitalist society, has just elected the 25 most promising French firms for the years to come. Aldebaran Robotics is one of the 5 winner in the Hardware company category. Learn more.
At least, here we are: 30 beta testers has just received thier Nao for private use. This step is highly determining for the general public version design, still planed to hit the market at the end of 2010.
Nao has met Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, French Minister in charge of the numerical economy development.
IEEE Spectrum blog gives insight into European project ALIZ-E and how it aims to program Nao robots to interact with and help kids at the Hospital San Rafaelle in Milan.Link
The Feelix Growing Project, led by the University of Herfordshire, has worked on how NAO could 'mimick' emotions, and has caught the eye of Happening Now, a Fox News TV Show (link)
第20届IDC Robocon于2010年8月5日至18日在上海交通大学举行。来自于世博会法国馆的机器人担任开幕式的特别主持人。更多信息.
The Feelix Growing project is over. The goal was to make NAO interact as if he were capable of feelings and showing attachment. The Daily Mail dedicates a full article to this project: link
Physorg, the prestigious scientific website, dedicates a full article to the researchers at the University of Connecticut who are looking at how NAO could be a true help for autistic children. More information here.
NAO isn't the only robot present at the universal exposition. Shanghai Daily lists all the robots that are on show in Shanghai, citing NAO as one of the star attractions! More information here.
2010 Shanghai Expo was the opportunity for the Shanghai Daily to take a look at current remarkable robots (including Nao!) and to envisage what domotics may become in the near future. here.
Le site scientifique techniques-ingenieur.fr revient sur la Robocup 2010 et montre que cet événement ludique est très important pour le secteur de la robotique.
Le site de tendances et loisirs Zigonet présente Nao et évoque ses futures usages domestiques. Un diaporama de photographies est également en ligne. L'article est ici.
The Bright Side of News, a website dedicated to the semiconductors' industry and its' numerous applications, comments NAO's future in education and his great all-round capabilities. More information here
Robots are increasingly seen as great tools in therapy for autistic children. NAO is used by researchers to investigate the subject. A recent article in New York Times evaluates the situation. Link
Picture: NAO at CBS' Doctor TV show on autism
Puede NAO utilizarse con niños autistas o personas de la tercera edad; pronto saldrà a la venta al público. Para leer el artículo en el periódico Reforma de México, haga clic aquí.
Pendant 8 minutes, pour animer la fête de la musique à Shanghai, 20 robots ont éxécuté une chorégraphie synchronisée, en partie sur le Boléro de Ravel. Pour plus d'informations, Suivre le lien
Full-size biped robot strikers debut at this year's competition as human World Cup teams play on in South Africa.
Read more about the 2010 edition of the RoboCup here
Nao, le robot d'Aldebaran Robotics, rattrape l'honneur de la France du football à la RoboCup qui s'est tenu à Singapore. Les grands vainqueurs de la compétition sur la Standard Platform League sont les Allemands de l'équipe B-Human!
Plus d'informations ici.
La Jaune et la Rouge, le mensuel des anciens de Polytechnique, dédie en mai un dossier à la robotique. Aldebaran Robotics, dont le fondateur Bruno Maisonnier est issu de la promotion 78, y est représenté...lire la suite
La Jaune et la Rouge
Aldebaran Robotics is a French company which designs and manufactures humanoid robot. Right at the moment, Aldebaran Robotics is working on a service robot for the aged and the disabled, named Romeo...read more (chinese)
Robotain.com
VANCOUVER - A conference on how technology can be used to help keep the elderly healthier and working longer is underway in Vancouver. The conference, whose theme...read more
Vancouver Sun
Today’s episode was recorded at ICRA in Anchorage Alaska, where we met with the Vice President in Engineering of Aldebaran, Luc Degaudenzi and with his colleague Cédric Vaudel...listen to the podcast
RobotsPodcast.com
Founded in 2005 by Bruno Maisonnier, a technology and computer enthusiast since the 1980s, Aldebaran Robotics - in Paris; 14th district - now has 90 employees plus sponsors... read more
Robot Magazine
The biggest Intelligent Robotics Competition ever - The First International Humanoid Robotics Olympics will be held in Harbin on 21 June, 2010. The competitors from over 100 universities of 20 countries... read the article (Chinese)
South Daily
En estos campeonatos compiten equipos de tres robots (portero y dos jugadores de campo) con forma humana (60 cm alto, 4.5 Kg de peso) fabricados por la empresa francesa Aldebaran Robotics... leer más
Cinco Noticias
Le 18 avril dernier, l'Allemagne a gagné la Coupe du monde de football. Que les supporters des Bleus se rassurent : il s'agissait d'une équipe de robots du centre de recherche allemand... lire la suite
Le Figaro Magazine
Nao mostra il suo talento a prestigiosi ospiti all'inaugurazione del nuovo dipartimento del Istituto San Raffaele di Milano, Italia... guarda il rapporto
TG4 TV
Bruno Maisonnier, directeur et fondateur d'Aldebaran Robotics, accorde une interview à RobotShop dans laquelle il raconte l'histoire de Nao et nous livre sa vision de l'avenir de la robotique... lire la suite
RobotShop
World Exposition in Shanghai, aiming to improve life quality in the future, is full of robots as Nao in blue and white is the Mascot of French Pavilion. This cute little guy, 58 cm tall and 4,3kg heavy... read the article (Chinese)
Discover News
记者在沪上生态家看到的一款家居监控机器人，长得就跟变形金刚似的，总感觉缺了点可爱俏皮的味道。兜兜转转无意中在E区的巴黎大区馆遇到了两个小巧玲珑的机器人... read the article (Chinese)
Huanqiu
Fabien Bardinet, directeur général adjoint d'Aldebaran Robotics, présente Nao sur le plateau du JTech... voir la vidéo
La Chaîne Techno
Several 58-cm-tall humanoid robots known as "Nao" are at the France Pavilion. Others are at the exhibition "Paris - Ile de France: A River, A Territory, A Lifestyle" in the Expo's Urban Best Practice Area... read the article
InfoTech
Two humanoid robots dubbed "Nao" are seen at Exhibiton "Paris - Ile de France: A River, A Territory, A Lifestyle" in the Shanghai World Expo's Urban Best Practice Area (UBPA), May 4, 2010... read the article
Cultural-China.com
Interview - Education, assistance à la personne, recherche : les robots font leur trou un peu partout. Entretien depuis l'exposition universelle Shanghai 2010 avec Bruno Maisonnier... lire l'article
terra-economica.info
Avec ses 58 cm de haut et ses 4 kilos de technologie, Nao le petit robot français part à l'assaut du marché chinois. Des arguments pour convaincre, ce robot blanc et bleu en a plein : il parle, chante... écouter le reportage
RFI
A la veille de l'ouverture officielle de l'Exposition Universelle de Shanghai, la télévision chinoise s'intéresse de près à la mascotte du pavillon français... regarder le reportage
CCTV 4
Avec le projet Romeo, la robotique française veut mettre au point une machine capable d'assister une personne âgée ou dépendante... lire l'article
Les Echos
L'équipe du Centre de recherche allemand en intelligence artificielle (DFKI) vient de remporter la finale de la ligue de football robotique en plate-forme standard lors du RoboCup German Open... lire l'article
bulletins-electroniques.com
Saviez-vous que la France excelle dans le domaine de la technologie robotique ? Reportage à Paris dans l’entreprise parisienne Aldebaran Robotics, quelques jours avant le départ pour Shanghai... lire l'article
Euranet
Nao, a cute humanoid robot, 58cm tall, is able to talk, listen and dance, isn’t it amazing? During this World Exposition, Nao... read the article (Chinese)
amazingfrance.com
Pendant que la planète football aura les yeux tournés vers l'Afrique du Sud en juin, une autre Coupe du monde de football aura lieu : celle des robots. La RoboCup se tiendra à Singapour et rassemblera...lire la suite
Le Point
Ce sera la plus grande exposition universelle jamais organisée. L'exposition de Shanghaï ouvrira le 1er mai, pour une durée de 6 mois et la France sera présente... voir le reportage
France 3
When one out of every 100 children born in this country is diagnosed with autism, treatment for those children requires as much attention as the diagnoses... watch the video
Physorg.com
Nao is developed by Aldebaran Robotics in France. Nao is employed by Standard Platform League (SPL) of RoboCup. It is very popular humanoid robot and exploring all over the world as humanoid robot for research... read the article (Japanese)
Robocon
De plus en plus autonomes, ces robots de nouvelle génération sont capables de réagir aux mouvements de leur environnement et peuvent donc anticiper les trajectoires... lire l'article
Direct Soir
Recently, Nangang district Education Department in Harbin City of Heilongjiang Province organized ‘Human Intelligent & Robotics Course Application Conference’ for the purpose... read the article
China National Teacher Newspaper
Nao,a humanoid robot from a French company, can not only play Tai-Chi-Quan but also can iminate the famous dance of Micheal Jackson. Its wonderful performance attracted many visitors’ attention.... read the article (chinese)
Legal Evening Newspaper
Yesterday, several visitors were attracted by these humanoid robots. The 2010 Beijing Educational Equipements Exposition was held in Beijing Expo center. A humanoid robot attracted people’s attention. With the help of these educational equipments, the teaching in class will be more interesting to satisfy the curiosity of the students and to encourage their creativity. read the article (chinese)
Xinjing Newspaper
Il s'appelle Nao, il mesure 57 cm pour 4 kg, il marche, il parle, et depuis décembre, c'est le "meilleur ami" de Bastien, élève à l'Ensim, une école d'ingénieurs du Mans... lire la suite
Le Mans notre ville
Come ogni giovedi' la nostra rubrica dedicata alla tecnologia... guarda il video
Rai.tv
Fans de robotique, votre perspicacité et votre esprit d'initiative vous auront imparablement menés au site d'Aldebaran Robotics. Et vous avez déjà sûrement trouvé votre bonheur... lire la suite
Planète Robots
Al Galileo Galilei la sfida dei Robocup Mediterranean Open tra gli "umanoidi" progettati dai tean universitari... leggi l'articolo
La Repubblica
Researchers have variety of goals for artificial intelligence. Some scientists are examining huiman biology together with artificial intelligence... read more
Servo
Cedric Vaudel, manager of Aldebaran Robotics, demonstrates how the Nao robot can help children develop their social interaction skills... watch the video
The Doctors TV
El Instituto de Automática e Informática Industrial (ai2) de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia competirá esta semana en la Robocup... leer más
ABC.es
En este campeonato de fútbol los jugadores son 'humanoides'. El equipo español ha sido bautizado como 'Los Hidalgos' y está integrado por cuatro robots... leer más
El Mundo.es
Professor Sumi Helal holds a programmable robot from France named Nao (pronounced “now”). The robot can see, react to touch and talk to other robots... read more
Florida Trend
Clin d'oeil à la Coupe du monde de football, au mois de juin, le Cebit accueille des robots footballeurs, hauts de 60 centimètres... voir le portfolio
Le Monde.fr
HANOVER, Germany — Forget Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney or Lionel Messi. With less than 100 days to the World Cup, it was four pint-sized robots that... read more
AFP
Une société française est en phase de tests, avant une commercialisation l'an prochain. Nao, le petit robot, a de l'avenir... lire la suite
Ouest-France
Il parle, écoute, se déplace, s'assied, danse même. Haut de 60 cm... lire la suite
Le Parisien
Il y a eu le chien Aibo de Sony, il y a désormais Nao, l'androïde développé par la société Aldebaran Robotics... lire la suite
Le Monde
Nao realise des cinematiques dynamiques.
Nao does dynamic motion.
UEFA, the Turkish Football Association (TFF) and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality organizes the Only A Game exhibition. Nao participates in this exhibition, which runs from 21 January until the end of April.
Le celèbre magazine Le Point a été conquis par Nao.
Il peut detroner les fameux robots japonais et peut enfin tenir la vedette!
アルデバランロボティクスの研究プラットホーム「NAO」、大阪大学でデモ
La région présente sa vitrine pour l'exposition universelle
La seine s'invite sur les rives du Huangpu.
Nolife nous présente Aldebaran robotics: start up pionnière dans le secteur de la robotique
Nao est le robot humanoide le plus vendu dans le monde: présentation d'une nouvelle ère de la robotique par LCI
Іграшка робот Nao від Aldebaran Robotics (фото)
Існує думка, що французи добре розуміються на винах та їжi. Як виявилося, не тільки в них.
The versatile humanoid robot Nao caught Gizmag's attention at the 2009 International Robot Exhibition (iREX 2009). What Nao lacks in size, he makes up for in features and capabilities.
The Big Sight exhibition centre in Tokyo, the great and the good from the world of robotics have come to show off their very best automata. The International Robot Exhibition (IREX) boasts exhibits from all over the world.
Nao, le nouveau meilleur ami de l'homme :
Le petit robot humanoïde mis au point par la start-up française Aldebaran Robotics sait tout faire, ou presque.
【iREX2009】 フランスのアルデバランロボティクス(Aldebaran Robotics)は、ロボットサッカー「ロボカップ」にもソニーAIBOにかわって「プラットフォームリーグ」のロボットとして採用されたヒューマノイド「NAO」を出展している。
Aldebaran Robotics (France) exhibited Nao, a fully-programmable autonomous humanoid [...]
随着技术的进步与发展"人类的生活将会越来越便利与舒适! 图为机器人在表演!
昨日在高交会 2 号馆,一个叫 Nao 闹 的高 58 厘米的法国 机器人一亮相!就博得了全场观众的青睐器人一亮相,就博得了全场观众的青睐
La fête de la science a passé le mur du son
Pas vraiment dans la thématique, mais gros succès pour Nao, le petit Nao humanoide.
Pour la première fois, l'acoustique, grande spécialité mancelle de l'Ensim s'est offerte à la curiosité du public sous tous ses aspects dans un lieu unique. Gros succès populaire! [...]
Nao, le petit robot, va vous épater
Il danse sur Michael Jackson, sait lire les mails et rigole quand on lui chatouille le crâne. Nao, robot humanoïde sera la vedette de la fête de la science à l'Ensim, ce week-end [...]
La robotica è una branca dell'ingegneria volta a fornire e sviluppare metodologie, che permettano a una macchina — il robot — di eseguire dei compiti specifici; di recente, sono stati fatti dei passi in avanti considerevoli soprattutto nel campo medico e in quello dei robot industriali.[...]
Ce terrain très fertile profite aux entreprises du secteur des technologies de l’Information et de la communication. Bruno Maisonnier, directeur de la société Aldebaran Robotics, se souvient du démarrage de son projet de robotique domestique en 2005 [...]
4000 Ideenlabor und Zooshule Besucher bei der DenkWerkstadt zum 40- jahrigen Bestehen der Uni
Dackel Marlin steht auf dem Podium im Saal des Neuen Rathauses und wirkt angesichts der ungewohnten Umgebung und der vielen Menshen ein wenig verunsishert[...]
Le développement de la societé Aldebaran est soutenu par la région ile de France.
PM’ UP est un label d’entreprises innovantes, citoyennes, leaders dans leur domaine d’activité et moteur pour le territoire francilien.
Aldebaran a été reconnu de part ses vertus d’excellence promues par le dispositif régional.
Nao, nouveau robot de compagnie
Né dans le 14e arrondissement, il s'apprête à quitter le loft douillet de ses concepteurs pour affronter la vraie vie. Nao est un petit robot de 58 cm [...]
フランスの「プロジェクト･ロミオ」責任者インタビュー
2011年末を目処に、高齢者や視覚障害者の支援ができる身長1.2～1.5mの二足歩行型ロボットを開発しようという産学官共同の「プロジェクト Romeo(ロミオ)」がフランスで進行中だ。小型の二足歩行ロボット「Nao」を開発・販売するアルデバラン・ロボティクス社が中心となって進めているもので、3年間で1,000万ユーロ(約13億円)をかけ、安全で実用的なロボットのプロトタイプの開発を目指している。
Nao offers next gen household humanoid robot
At this week's International Robot Exhibition drew to a close, one last humanoid robot called Nao caught the attention of attendees[...]
Nao humanoid robot gets its hands on Microsoft's Surface
We're no strangers to Aldebaran Robotics' little humanoid robot, Nao -- in fact, we've seen plenty of him over the years. We've also spied our fair share of Microsoft's Surface table, too -- but you know,[...]
Un petit robot qui surveille votre appartement ou fait réviser son Anglais au petit dernier ? Ce n'est plus de la science-fiction grâce à Bruno Maisonnier, un ancien banquier diplômé de Polytechnique et fondu de Robotique.
ROBO NAO : Uma das estrelas da Robotec Fair 2009
O NAO é um robo humanoid fabricado pela empresa Aldebaran robotics, que funciona atraves da conexao Wi-fi e tem 55centimetros de altura[…]
El androide que sucedió a Jacko
Nao es la última creación de Aldebaran Robotics, una firma francesa especializada en el desarrollo de inteligencia artificial. Afortunadamente, la danza no es la principal virtud de este prototipo. Porque el robot puede hacer prácticamente de todo.
Nao, l'ami de toute la famille
Nao a de l'ambition. Ce petit robot qui s'apprête à quitter son labo, veut devenir le premier compagnon humanoïde de l'homme.
German teams prevail in many RoboCup finals
MUNICH, Germany — The RoboCup 2009 robot soccer festival, German teams achieved the top position in many leagues.
Les robots ont leur coupe du monde! Le 1er juillet prochain, en Autriche, 150 équipes de chercheurs du monde entier s'affronteront lors de la robocup. Une compétition à l'objectif ambitieux: battre avec des robots les champions du monde de football d'ici a 2050. Invraisemblable? Nous avons rencontré l'équipe de France[...]
Aldebaran Robotics’ Nao robot has been a hit among robot enthusiasts who participate in the Robocup challenge, the annual humanoid robots soccer game.
Nao developed by the French company replaced Sony’s Aibo dog as the standard platform for the competition last year and that has helped boost its popularity among a select crowd of enthusiasts.
But the robot still has a way to go before most general users can get near it.
