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title: "Aldebaran: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Nao is an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran, a now defunct French robotics company from Paris. The robot's development began with the launch of Project Nao in 2004."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-aldebaran
type: Organization
wikidata: Q2623410
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldebaran_(company)
website: https://www.aldebaran.com
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Aldebaran

> Nao is an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran, a now defunct French robotics company from Paris. The robot's development began with the launch of Project Nao in 2004.

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## Facts

- Category: Robotics
- Country: France
- Founded: 2005-01-01
- Dissolved: 2025-06-02
- Headquarters: Paris
- Status: closed
- Website: https://www.aldebaran.com
- Also known as: SoftBank Robotics Europe

## Ownership

Parent: [United Robotics Group](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-united-robotics-group.md)

## Products

- robot
- Nao
- Pepper

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Aldebaran, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-aldebaran#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2623410, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nao_(robot)

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