Aldebaran Robotics’ NAO Humanoid Bends Over, Squeezes Duck
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 27 of October , 2008 at 4:27 pm
Aldebaran Robotics has released a new video of their little humanoid robot, Nao. Designed to be an entertainment robot for the entire family, Nao has all of the bells and whistles that you’d expect to find in a consumer humanoid, including limbs with 25 degrees of freedom, operable hands, stereo vision, voice recognition and synthesis, and a programmable Linux OS. Nao is programmable in either a graphic environment or a code environment, and is supposed to be appropriate for all ranges of skill. Besides adding software and behaviors, you can also customize Nao’s hardware, and swap out his head if he starts to piss you off.
By the end of 2009, you should be able to buy your own Nao, for somewhere between $15,000 and $16,000. Why would you pay so much money for a humanoid robot who’s only 23″ tall? ‘Cause he’s entertaining, that’s why. I mean, he recycles ducks. Doesn’t get much better than that.
Thanks Andrew!
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Comment by Alex
Made Monday, 27 of October , 2008 at 9:33 pm
I’m fairly certain I’ve seen an interview with the president of Aldebaran Robotics in which he said the initial price will be 10,000 Euros for universities but that a modified (dumbed-down) version will be sold to the public for around 4,000 Euros (about $6000) – much easier to swallow than 16 grand. :D
Comment by tony
Made Tuesday, 28 of October , 2008 at 6:03 am
Sounds like an episode of the old British tv show the Prisoner. First they get a number – “Hello 41″ and then they lie about seeing the duck. Just what we need,robots that lie.
Comment by Ironman
Made Tuesday, 28 of October , 2008 at 11:38 am
ahaha, robots dont know better, so it’s not quite deception.
it’s a pretty intense little system. It seems to have alot of really cool functions. maybe if i have some extra cash laying around i’ll buy one.
Comment by Joe
Made Tuesday, 28 of October , 2008 at 12:06 pm
Interesting that the trashcan had a tag on it. So the bot can do barcodes. I’m assuming it also can do all standard wireless protocalls: RFID, Bluetooth, and WiFi.