CategoryHumanoids
Overview
French robotics company and pioneer in programmable humanoid robots, developer of the NAO humanoid robot. Acquired by SoftBank (2015), then United robotics group (2022). Entered receivership in June 2025. NAO remains one of the most widely used research and education humanoid platforms worldwide.
Reality check
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Romeo
140cm tall companion humanoid designed to assist elderly and disabled individuals with daily tasks. It is a humanoid robot designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Form Factor: humanoid, Maturity: prototype.
Current platform
NAO
Autonomous, programmable humanoid robot standing 58cm tall, widely used in research, education, and RoboCup. Over 13,000 units deployed in 70+ countries.
Partnerships
Every company Aldebaran Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Aldebaran Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Nov 2012. Explore where Aldebaran Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalNAO at Warwickshire, United Kingdom →Western Europe · verified Nov 2012
- operationalNAO at Hertfordshire, United Kingdom →Western Europe · verified Jan 2011
- operationalNAO at Higashi-Shinjuku Substation, Tokyo, Japan →East Asia · verified Oct 2010
- operationalNAO at Worldwide (70+ countries) →Colorado · verified Dec 2008
View the full Aldebaran Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Founders (1)
- Bruno Maisonniercofounderno longer at company
previously at NAO Robot, SoftBank Robotics
Former / Previously (2)
- Jerome Monceaux Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Bruno Maisonnier CEO & Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Aldebaran Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Aldebaran Robotics4 deployments
Recent coverage
Aldebaran Robotics in third-party press
Peers
93 peers across 1 segment. Every Aldebaran Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(93)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agility Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Aldebaran Robotics.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Aldebaran Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Funding rounds (1)
- Other2011-06-01
$13M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 22, 2012
NAO at Warwickshire, United Kingdom
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2011
NAO at Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedOct 1, 2010
NAO at Higashi-Shinjuku Substation, Tokyo, Japan
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 1, 2008
NAO at Worldwide (70+ countries)
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-22
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Aldebaran Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Aldebaran Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/aldebaran-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/aldebaran-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e95e6223-da90-4b0e-83f6-9170b021ac65
- Revision history: /companies/aldebaran-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
Read more at http://www.botjunkie.com/ and http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/
Aldebaran Robotics live on the Engadget Show, Dec 17, 2010
GoRobotics.net did an interview with Aldebaran-Robotics at RoboCup2007. Aldebaran-Robotics robot, Nao, has been chosen as the new standard platform for the Robo
Welcome! and on this video, we are doing a product review for the Aldebaran NAO robot Philip English: https://philipenglish.com Sponsor: Robot Center: http://w
Once a figment of science fiction, humanoid robots are now a reality. Bruno Maisonnier, founder of Aldebaran Robotics and pioneer in the industry, channeled his
Dimitri Merejkowsky In this poster session, we shall review how Python can be used to control and program Aldebaran's humanoid robot NAO.
The next customer featured on Born to Design will be Aldebaran Robotics, who use SolidWorks to help design the next generation of robots. See how Aldebaran is u
Laurent Lec (Aldebaran Robotics)
This is a short demonstration of our Nao Robots from Aldebaran. Further Information under: http://www.ies.eecs.uni-kassel.de/Intelligent_Humanoid_Robots_I
http://www.robotcenter.co.uk . Humanoid Robot Platform H25 Secondary Education / Higher Education & Research Editions All purpose humanoid robot Intel ATOM pro
DEPCO, LLC proudly represents Aldebaran Robotics Corporation and the humanoid robot NAO. NAO is used in many research and education facilities ranging from high
Live from Engadget Expand NYC 2014! Aldebaran's Alexandra Sugurel and Jack Grannan join us on the BeTerrific Engadget Expand NYC Live set to show us NAO, a love
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Nicolas Rigaud works in a French company Aldebaran robotics, which produces robots. During his presentation Nicolas tells more about their projects and the idea
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Aldebaran Robotics draws attention at the 43rd percentile but verifies reality at the 67th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap -24.1, 80th widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 188 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026