Social and companion robots

Interaction-first robots for reception, care and retail

Social robots are judged on interaction design, not locomotion. Speech handling in noisy rooms, escalation to a human and privacy posture are the deciding factors in most procurements.

Platforms in this category

Aldebaran

NAO V6

A small humanoid used in classrooms, therapy programmes and human-robot interaction research, with a stable long-lived SDK.

From $13,000

Aldebaran

Pepper

A wheeled interaction robot for reception, retail and guidance, with a chest tablet used for most transactional flows.

From $22,000