Deployed
France
2006–present
NAO
A small humanoid that's been a staple of robotics education and research for nearly two decades.
NAO predates almost every robot on this list by close to twenty years and is still in active use — a fixture in university robotics courses, RoboCup competitions, and human-robot interaction research worldwide.
At just under 60 cm tall, it was never meant to compete on industrial tasks; its longevity comes from being an accessible, well-documented platform for teaching and research rather than from raw capability.
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