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Romeo

软银机器人

Aldebaran's 1.4 m elderly-assistance humanoid, the ambitious big brother to NAO.

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Height140 cm
Degrees of freedom37
Arm payload—
Top speed—
Battery life—
Starting pricePrice on request
MakerSoftBank Robotics
First shown2012
StatusArchived
Form factorFull-size
LocomotionBipedal
Updated31 Oct 2026
Research37 DOF1.4 m tallFour onboard computersStereo visionFour-fingered handsCarbon-fibre legs

What it is

Romeo was Aldebaran Robotics' French humanoid project for elderly and dependent-person assistance, initiated in 2009 with INRIA, ISIR and LAAS-CNRS as partners. The 1.4 m, 40 kg robot used 37 degrees of freedom, a four-vertebra backbone, articulated feet and four-fingered hands, with two eyebrow cameras and four onboard computers handling vision, hearing, motion and AI. A first prototype was presented in February 2012 and several European laboratories received units, but Romeo was never commercialised and the programme ended after Aldebaran's 2015 acquisition by SoftBank.

Highlights

0137 DOF in a 1.4 m, 40 kg body.
02Four onboard computers for vision, hearing, motion and AI.
03Four-vertebra backbone and articulated feet.
04Stereo cameras mounted in the eyebrows.
05Research-only platform; never sold commercially.

The numbers

Body
Height140 cm
Weight40 kg
Form factorFull-size
Motion & power
LocomotionBipedal
Degrees of freedom37
DOF breakdown37 DOF total across arms, hands, neck, four-vertebra spine and legs; per-chain breakdown is not published.
ActuatorsAldebaran custom electric actuators with a carbon-fibre leg exoskeleton structure.
Compute, sensing & hands
ComputeFour onboard computers dedicated to vision, hearing, motion and artificial intelligence.
SensingTwo eyebrow-mounted cameras for stereo vision, microphones, joint position sensors and touch sensing.
HandsFour-fingered hands.

Platform & deployment

AvailabilityDiscontinued. Only research laboratories received units; no commercial sale or support.
Target marketResearch on elderly-care and companion robots.
SDKAldebaran NAOqi software stack.
Software / OSNAOqi-based perception, speech and behaviour framework.
Deployments & partnersEuropean research laboratories; never deployed commercially.
Safety & certificationsCompliant joint actuation and soft torso intended for safe contact in care research.

Evidence trail

Claims on this profile are linked to primary reporting and manufacturer material where available.

01Wikipedia (FR) - Romeo (robot)02Engadget - Meet Romeo, grandma's new french robot lover (2010)03Generation Robots - All about Romeo

Specifications are sourced from public materials and may change. Always confirm commercial terms with the manufacturer.

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