SECTOR : SaaS / Cloud
ENTRY DATE : 2010
EXIT DATE : 2012
BUSINESS : Venture Capital
WEB : www.softbankrobotics.com

Aldebaran Robotics

Production and marketing of humanoid robots

Founded in 2005 by Bruno Maisonnier with offices in France, China and the United States, Aldebaran Robotics develops, manufactures and markets interactive humanoid robots to serve humans. Today, NAO robots are used in over 30 countries around the world as research and educational platforms and by more than 300 universities and research organisations. Aldebaran Robotics has a team of over 100 employees–half of whom are engineers or hold PhDs–involved in the development, production and marketing of its robots, assembled from start to finish at its facilities in Paris.