Remember NAO, the robot that stole the show at the recent Robotville event? Well, NAO’s already impressive set of abilities have just been extended with Aldebaran Robotics releasing a new version of its cute little humanoid robot. Around two thousand NAOs are used for research and education purposes all around the world but now that the NAO Next Gen is ready, the founder and chairman of Aldebaran Robotics, Bruno Maisonnier, hopes to see it become useful to humans in a more direct sense. It’s new abilities are to make it even more versatile and, among other things, prepare it for working with autistic children and the elderly. via gizmag

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