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NAO
Manufacturer		NAO Robotics
Release date		2008
CPU		X86 AMD GEODE 500MHz (+ARM7)
Main Memmory		256 Mb SDRAM
Memmory Extension		1Gb Flash Memmory
Operating System		Embedded Linux (32bit x86 ELF)
Software (for PC)		Choregraphe, URBI, Microsoft Robotics Studio, Ruby, Python, and later will be available for C#, Mathlab , Java...
Comunications		Ethernet, Serial , USB, Wi-Fi 802.11g
Joints (DOF)		25
Sensors	Distance Sensors	2 channel sonar
	Hall effect sensor	32
	Acceleration Sensors	1 (3-axis)
	Bumpers	2 (1 per feet)
	IR Sensors	2 (capacitif)
	Inertial Sensors	N/A
	Force sensors	N/A (on the foot pads)
	Light System	eyes   - 2x8   LED RGB fullcolour ears   -2x10 LEDs (16 blue levels) torso  -1        LED RGB fullcolour feet    -2x1    LED RGB fullcolour
	Sound Sensors	4 microphones
	Gyro Switch	1 (2-axis)
Camera		CMOS 30FPS 640x480
Display		LEDs
Microphone		4
Speakers		2
Input/Output(s)		Ethernet, Serial, USB
Dimensions (HxWxD)		580 x 180 x 90 mm
Weight		4.3 Kg
Battery		55Wh Lithium-Polymer
Autonomy		45 min.
Cost		~10000 EURO (advanced version)
		~4000 EURO (simple version)

    Aldebaran Robotics official webite has all the details about the robot and his programming features and one very useful forum in English and French. 

    NAO robot made a new rule into robot competitions by changing  the The RoboCup's Standard Platform League. Standard Platform League is a RoboCup robot soccer league, in which competitors teams compete with identical robots predefined. The robots operate fully autonomously, no remote control of any kind. RoboCup 2008 included the Four-Legged Standard Platform League with the SONY AIBO robots (as usual), and the Two-Legged Standard Platform League with the NAO humanoid robot.

    This new Two-Legged Standard Platform League it will be the only standard league to remain from RoboCup 2009 held on Graz (Austria).