NAO is the most used humanoid robot for academic purposes worldwide. Aldebaran Robotics has chosen to make NAO's technology available to any higher education program. Fully interactive, fun and permanently evolving, NAO is a standard platform for teaching students of all levels.
Complete with a user-friendly programming environment, students and teachers can use at any programming level. It is really easy to start working on NAO, and our educational kits will get you teaching with NAO in no time !
From simple visual programming to elaborate embedded modules, the versatility of NAO and his programming environment enables users to explore a wide variety of subjects at whatever level of programming complexity and experience.
The scheme on the left presents all the robot’s axes. Together, these axes allow 25 degrees of freedom, which when coupled with the inertial sensor, the force sensitive resistors, the Hall effect sensors, the infrared receiver and the sonar sensors, allows NAO® a high level of stability and fluidity in its movements.
Part
Joint name
Motion
Range (degrees)
Head
HeadYaw
Head joint twist (Z)
-120 / 120
HeadPitch
Head joint front & back (Y)
-39 / 30
Left arm
LShoulderPitch
Left shoulder joint front & back (Y)
-120 / 120
LShoulderRoll
Left shoulder joint right & left (Z)
0 / 95
LElbowRoll
Left shoulder joint twist (X)
-90 / 0
LElbowYaw
Left elbow joint (Z)
-120 / 120
LWristYaw
Left wrist joint twist (X)
-105 / 105
LHand
Left hand
open/close
Left leg
LHipYawPitch
Left hip joint twist (Z45°)
-44 / 68
LHipPitch
Left hip joint front and back (Y)
-104.5 / 28.5
LHipRoll
Left hip joint right & left (X)
-25 / 45
LKneePitch
Left knee joint (Y)
-5 / 125
LAnklePitch
Left ankle joint front & back (Y)
-70.5 / 54
LAnkleRoll
Left ankle joint right & left (X)
-45 / 25
Right Leg
RHipYawPitch
Right hip joint twist (Z45°)
-68 / 44
RHipPitch
Right hip joint front and back (Y)
-104.5 / 28.5
RHipRoll
Right hip joint right & left (X)
-45 / 25
RKneePitch
Right knee joint (Y)
-5 / 125
RAnklePitch
Right ankle joint front & back (Y)
-70.5 / 54
RAnkleRoll
Right ankle right & left (X)
-25 / 45
Right arm
RShoulderPitch
Right shoulder joint front & back (Y)
-120 / 120
RShoulderRoll
Right shoulder joint right & left (Z)
-95 / 0
RElbowRoll
Right shoulder joint twist (X)
0 / 90
RElbowYaw
Right elbow joint (Z)
-120 / 120
RWristYaw
Right wrist joint twist (X)
-105 / 105
RHand
Right hand
open/close
Body characteristics
Height
~ 58 cm
Weight
~ 4.3 kg
Body type
Technical plastic
Energy
Charger
AC 90-230 volts / DC 24 volts
Battery capacity
~ 90 min. autonomy
Degrees of freedom
Head
2 DOF
Arm
5 DOF in each arm
Pelvis
1 DOF
Leg
5 DOF in each leg
Hand
1 DOF in each hand
Multimedia
Speakers
2 Loudspeakers
Microphones
4 Microphones
Vision
2 CMOS digital cameras
Network access
Connections type
Wi-fi (IEEE 802.11g)
Ethernet connection
Actuators
Aldebaran RoboticsTM original design based on:
Hall effect sensors
dsPICS microcontrollers
Motors DC Coreless
Sensors
Different type
32 x Hall effect sensors
1 x gyrometer 2 axis
1 x accelerometer 3 axis
2 x bumpers
2 channel sonar
2 x I/R
Tactile sensor
LED
Tactile sensor
12 LED 16 Blue levels
Eyes
2 x 8 LED RGB Fullcolour
Ears
2 x 10 LED 16 Blue levels
Torso
1 LED RGB Fullcolor
Feet
2 x 1 LED RGB Fullcolor
Motherboard
x86 AMD GEODE 500MHz CPU
256 MB SDRAM / 2 GB flash memory
Embedded Software
OS
Embedded Linux (32 bit x86 ELF) using custom OpenEmbedded based distribution
