NAO
NAO was developed by Aldebaran Robotics, a French robotics company headquartered in Paris. It is a programmable, 58cm tall humanoid robot with the following key components. Body with 25 degrees of freedom (DOF) whose key elements are electric motors and actuators. Sensor network, including 2 cameras, 4 microphones, sonar rangefinder, 2 IR emitters and receivers, 1 inertial board, 9 tactile sensors, and 8 pressure sensors.



NAO plays soccer, helps with research, works at hospitals, performs comedy routines, and even grooms cats. It was also used to work with autism children. Some studies showed that children with autism achieved a 30 percent increase in social interactions and better verbal communication when a robot is in the same room.

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