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Bruno Maisonnier
Founder of Aldebaran Robotics (2005, Paris), the company behind the NAO humanoid robot and the Pepper social robot. SoftBank acquired Aldebaran in 2012 and renamed it SoftBank Robotics in 2014. Bruno left in 2017.
He later founded Enchanted Tools in 2021, maker of the Miroki robot. Under his leadership, Aldebaran/SoftBank Robotics became the dominant platform for research and social robotics globally with 10,000+ NAO units and 20,000+ Pepper units.
France · 1 current role · 3 foundings
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- Founder
SoftBank Robotics is a division of [Softbank group](/companies/softbank-group) developing humanoid and service robots.
- Founder
NAO is an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics (founded 2005 by Bruno Maisonnier in Paris).
- Founder
French robotics company and pioneer in programmable humanoid robots, developer of the NAO humanoid robot.
Current roles (1)
- SoftBank Robotics Founder of Aldebaran RoboticsSEC-verified
Foundings (3)
- SoftBank Roboticsfounded 2005-01-01soleno longer at company
- NAO Robotcofounderno longer at company
- Aldebaran Roboticscofounderno longer at company
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Former / Previously (3)
- NAO Robot Founder & CEOSecondary-verified
- Aldebaran Robotics CEO & FounderSecondary-verified
- SoftBank Robotics Founder (Aldebaran Robotics)2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31Secondary-verified
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