Bruno Maisonnier, the founder of Aldebaran Robotics, and the man behind the Nao humanoid robot, has been presented the Invention and Entrepreneurship Award at the 2011 ICRA reception party.

The award is jointly sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE/RAS) and the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Quoting the IFA's website:

"The purpose of this award is to highlight and honor the achievements of the inventors with value creating ideas and entrepreneurs who propel those ideas into world-class products. At the same time the joint disposition of the award underlines the determination of both organizations to promote stronger collaboration between robotics science and robotics industry."

Congratulations to Bruno Maisonnier and everyone at Aldebaran Robotics who has, and continues to make Nao the amazing platform he is. 



(source: http://www.ifr.org/events/iera-award)