Aldebaran Robotics
| Aldebaran Robotics (now SoftBank Robotics)
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| legal form | Société Anonyme (SA) |
| founding | 2005 |
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Paris , France
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| management | Fumihide Tomizawa ( CEO , President ) (as of June 16, 2020) |
| Number of employees | 8th |
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Aldebaran Robotics (since May 2016 SoftBank Robotics) |
Aldebaran Robotics is a French robot manufacturer from Paris .
history
Aldebaran was founded in 2005 by Bruno Maisonnier. In August 2007, the two-legged robot Nao developed by the company was officially named as the successor to the Sony Aibo as the standard platform for the RoboCup . In 2014, the robot Pepper was presented, whose capabilities are said to be particularly in the area of social interaction and which is used, for example, on a cruise ship for customer care.
According to IEEE Spectrum and L'Express , the Japanese company Softbank bought 80% of the shares in Aldebaran Robotics for around $ 100 million in early 2012.
According to Mashable , Softbank holds 95% of the shares in Aldebaran Robotics as of March 4, 2015 due to the departure of the founder and CEO Bruno Maisonnier. On May 19, 2016, Aldebaran Robotics officially became part of SoftBank Robotics Group Corp. renamed.
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See also
Web links
- Official website (English, French, Japanese)
- Mashable: Robot firm's founder steps down as Softbank takes more control (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Company - Profile. In: www.softbankrobotics.com. Retrieved June 16, 2020 (English, Japanese).
- ^ For Robocup, History ( Memento July 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) . In: www.aldebaran-robotics.com, accessed on June 16, 2020. (English)
- ↑ Detlef Borchers: Service robot: Pepper, the mechanical mermaid on wheels. heise online , accessed on December 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Stefan Kuhn: Service robot hires at Aida Cruises. In: www.com-magazin.de. December 16, 2015, accessed December 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Erico Guizzo: Aldebaran Robotics Sells Majority Stake for $ 100 Million. In: spectrum.ieee.org. IEEE Spectrum, March 12, 2012, accessed February 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Softbank racheté Aldebaran Robotics. In: lexpansion.lexpress.fr. L'Express, March 13, 2012, accessed February 27, 2013 (French).
- ^ Company - About SoftBank Robotics. In: www.softbankrobotics.com. Retrieved June 16, 2020 (English, French).