Aldebaran (assets now Maxvision / Maxtronics)

HQ: Paris, France
Founded: 2005
Web: aldebaran.com
Robots: 1

Founded by Bruno Maisonnier; owned by SoftBank (2012/2015 per sources), then United Robotics Group (2022); technology assets bought by China's Maxvision Technology in 2025

Purchase prices were not disclosed. Sources disagree on the SoftBank acquisition year (2013 and 2015 appear in the same Wikipedia article); Reuters-based reports say SoftBank bought control of Aldebaran in 2012.

Two NAO humanoid robots (NAO V5/V6 generation, Aldebaran/SoftBank Robotics), studio shot

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Aldebaran (assets now Maxvision / Maxtronics) · France

NAO / Pepper

Europe's best-known small humanoids: NAO in labs and RoboCup since 2008, Pepper in shops until 2020.

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