Aldebaran Robotics To Open Source Code of Nao Robot | Linux Today

Aldebaran Robotics To Open Source Code of Nao Robot

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 14, 2011

“The French firm has been developing Nao over the past five
years, turning an initially obscure robot with a quirky name into a
widely adopted research and education platform used to study
human-robot communication, help treat hospitalized children, and
play soccer.

“It’s not yet clear exactly which parts of Nao’s software
platform will become open source and which will remain proprietary.
The company said in a release that it will ‘share a significant
part of [Nao’s] source code with the research and developer
community by the end of 2011.'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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