🇫🇷SoftBank Robotics·France·Mass production

NAO 6

软银机器人

The world's most widely used small humanoid: 25 degrees of freedom for classrooms and RoboCup.

Mass productionVerified Last verified 31 Oct 2026
Height57 cm
Degrees of freedom25
Arm payload—
Top speed—
Battery life—
Starting pricePrice on request
First shown2018
StatusMass production
Form factorCompact
LocomotionBipedal
Updated31 Oct 2026

What it is

NAO 6 is the sixth generation of Aldebaran's 57 cm programmable humanoid, now offered by Maxtronics Robotics. It packs 25 degrees of freedom, cameras, microphones, sonar and tactile sensors into a 5.48 kg body, and is programmed through Choregraphe or Python and C++ SDKs. NAO is the long-running standard platform of the RoboCup robot-soccer league and a fixture in education and research.

Highlights

0125 degrees of freedom in a 57.4 cm, 5.48 kg body.
02Standard Platform League robot for RoboCup since 2008.
03NAO 6 upgrades the onboard Intel Atom computer and battery.
04Programmable with Choregraphe, Python and C++ SDKs.
05Deployed widely in schools, universities and robotics competitions.

The numbers

Body
Height57 cm
Weight5.5 kg
Form factorCompact
Motion & power
LocomotionBipedal
Degrees of freedom25
Actuators25 brushless DC motors with position control.
Compute, sensing & hands
ComputeIntel Atom E3845 running NAOqi on Linux.
SensingTwo HD cameras, four microphones, two sonar rangefinders, two infrared sensors, tactile sensors and a 3-axis IMU.
HandsThree-fingered, single-DOF gripper hands.

Platform & deployment

AvailabilityCommercially available

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