NAO is the most widely used humanoid robot for academic & research purposes worldwide. More than 9000 NAOs have been sold to 550 universities and laboratories in over 60 countries to serve as education & research tools.

Universities using NAO include Harvard and Brown in the United States, University of Wales in the United Kingdom, University of Freiburg in Germany, and Zhejiang University and Tongji University in China, UiTM, UM, UTP, etc. in Malaysia.

Interactivity and a fully programmable humanoid form are the key features that explain NAO’s continued success in a wide range of projects and applications in research and education.

For diverse topics such as motor skills, balance, grasping, and research on vision, language, human-machine interaction (HMI), and human-robot interaction, NAO is the leading robotics platform used today.

New applications for NAO are constantly being discovered in areas beyond robotics, including autism treatment in children and education, providing a platform to support teachers in universities or secondary schools.