# United Robotics Group acquires SoftBank Robotics Europe: partnership

Canonical ID: `f27624a5-8620-400a-b8d9-40524ce0bbba`

United Robotics Group (URG) acquired SoftBank Robotics Europe (maker of Pepper and Nao) in 2022 and rebranded it back to Aldebaran. URG stopped funding Aldebaran in 2024, leading to receivership in 2025.

- **Type:** investment
- **Status:** concluded
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [United Robotics Group](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/united-robotics-group.md) investor partner
- [SoftBank Robotics (Pepper)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/pepper-robot.md) other

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2022-01-01

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.therobotreport.com/aldebaran-pepper-nao-robots-receivership/


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