We’re no strangers to Aldebaran Robotics’ little humanoid robot, Nao — in fact, we’ve seen plenty of him over the years. We’ve also spied our fair share of Microsoft’s Surface table, too — but you know, we’ve definitely never seen the two together in the same room. Interacting. Sounds pretty interesting, right? It did to us too, so we popped some popcorn and sat back to enjoy a full minute’s viewing bliss of these two — and we have to say, it was well worth it. Nao demonstrates his dexterity at zooming in and out on a photograph of a tiger (which looks suspiciously exact to one we paint-by-numbered last year), and moves around a stack of various other photos, too. It’s all great, impressive fun, and we have to say, the fact that Nao is spewing French makes it all the cuter, and though it’s been a while since we cracked our college texts, we’re fairly certain he says “Microsoft Surface is so awesome, but I’m holding out for Windows 7” at one point. Video is after the break.
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