NAO is Physical Therapy Centers
NAO as a physical-therapy support in Rehabilitation Centers
With unique body movement capabilities, NAO encourages movements throught dance or yoga activities, through playful experience for patients.
NAO especially increases motivation and adherence to therapy programs, especially for children and elderly patients who may find traditional sessions repetitive or discouraging.
By providing real-time guidance, encouragement, and structured routines, NAO supports therapists in delivering more engaging, repeatable, and patient-centered rehabilitation sessions.
Inrobics develops medical-decive rehabilitation softwares able to support therapists and save them time on:
- Prescription: The professional can configure a session by selecting different activities from the catalog to work on sonsorimotor, cognitive and psychosocial components.
- Evaluation: The NAO system monitors the user during the execution of activities, providing professionals with real-time data and extracting results about their capabilities and performances.
- Automatic adaptation: NAO learns and adapts to the user’s capabilities automatically based on their perfomances.
NAO is Hospitals
NAO as a Pediatric companion
NAO helps transform pediatric care through interactive and emotionally engaging experiences.
Designed to comfort and support childern during medical procedures, NAO reduce stress and anxiety through conversation, games, storytelling and playful interactions.
NAO helps caregivers create a more reassuring environment, improving patient cooperation and bringing support to all, even parents, during difficult times.
It’s proven by Clinical Studies: NAO helps reducing anxiety!
Scientific research also confirms the positive impact of social robots in pediatric healthcare. A 2022 clinical study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research demonstrated that children interacting with the NAO robot in emergency room settings showed significantly lower stress levels compared to traditional waiting conditions.
Researchers concluded that social robots can effectively improve children’s emotional well-being and create a calmer, more positive care environment for both patients and families.
NAO is Autism Therapy Centers
NAO as a therapeutic mediator for Autism Kids
NAO is a therapeutic tool for young people with cognitive disorders or learning disabilities.
NAO is recognized worldwide for his interaction and emotional skills that help people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
NAO helps facilitate interactions between children and their environment, as well as to express their emotions and develop essential social and communication skills.
NAO helps children develop motor skills, oral comprehension, interpersonal communication and recognition of emotions.
It’s proven by Clinical Studies: More than 15 years of Research on NAO for Autism therapy!
For more than a decade, NAO has been at the heart of international autism research, supporting groundbreaking studies and therapeutical programs accross the world. Proven to improve engagement, communication, attention and social interaction in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), NAO has become a trusted tool for therapists, educators and researchers, with measurable benefits consistently calidated over years of real-world use.
- Check our white paper highlights how NAO enabled innovative therapeutic approaches worldwide, proving that social robotics can accelerate inclusion and support personalized autism care.
- Check the resultst of this systematic review of 10 years of NAO’s studies The use of the social robot NAO to enhance communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review of studies from 2013–2019 to 2020–2025
Why NAO works very well with autistic children?
NAO works well with autistic children because it is predictable, calm, and easy to understand.
Unlike people, the robot always speaks and moves in the same way, which can make children feel more comfortable and less stressed.
NAO can also help children practice communication, social skills, and emotions through fun and interactive activities. Its friendly appearance often makes learning more engaging and enjoyable.
With NAO, they often feel safer to try and retry because they are not afraid of being judged or criticized.
The robot encourages and congratulates them when they succeed, and helps them focus on progress rather than failure.
This positive experience builds self-confidence, which motivates them to keep trying and learning, which creates a virtuous circle of success, confidence, and engagement.
NAO compatible solutions for Autism Therapy
Rob'Autisme
Rob’Autisme is proposed as a therapeutical protocol with NAO and Autism kids to improve or restore social links management through 20 working sessions.
Proposed by INSEI France.
RoboMate AI
RoboMate AI is a patented and certified medical device software on NAO with Integrated behavioral analysis (ABA-based) real-time adaptative protocol and automatic reporting for the therapist.
My Friend NAO
MyFriendNAO is a software solution turning NAO as a therapeutical assistant with dedicated applications and a tablet interface for non verbal kids.
Developed by ERM Automatismes
NAO in Elderly Care and Nursing Homes
NAO as a friendly companion for Seniors
NAO is an interactive humanoid robot designed to enhance life in nursing homes by creating engaging and meaningful experiences for seniors.
NAO helps reduce feeling of isolation with:
- Physical Stimulation: gentel exercices, yoga
- Cognitive Stimulation: music, games, storytelling, and cognitive activities (ie: memory games, bingo, cooking with NAO)
- Social Stimulation: free talk and infinite nice discussions
Friendly and expressive, NAO becomes a valuable companion for residents while supporting caregivers in delivering more dynamic and human-centered care.
NAO increases motivation, attention and participation rates to the proposed activities.
NAO for Dementia and Alzheimer Therapy
Participants described robots being used for emotional support, cognitive stimulation, and recreational activities that encouraged social interaction and improved mood.
While robots did not replace core caregiving goals, they offered new ways to engage residents and prompted reflection on professional practices and relationships with residents.
Reported benefits included increased resident attention and emotional engagement, opportunities for personalized activities, and renewed motivation among staff.
It’s proven by Clinical Studies:
The Humanoid Robot NAO as Trainer in a Memory Program for Elderly People with Mild Cognitive Impairment
NAO Robot to Help People with Alzheimer’s Manage the Recall of Activities in Prospective Memory.
Health professionals’ perspectives on the implementation of social robots interventions for dementia care in France: An interview and focus group study
A Robot-Mediated Activity Using the Nao Robot to Promote COVID-19 Precautionary Measures among Older Adults in Geriatric Facilities