# SoftBank Robotics documentation What's new in NAOqi 2.8?

# Basic Channel - What can I say to NAO

If you do not know what you could say to NAO, try one of the following sentences.

Note

These sentences are the canonical forms. A canonical form is the standard. Some of variants can also work. For example, you can also try “How can I call you?” for “what’s your name?”

Prerequisite: Autonomous Life: ON - Basic Channel: ON

## Meet NAO

French - Japanese - Chinese - German - Spanish - Italian

### Greetings

English | French
--- | ---
Hello | Bonjour
Good morning |
Good afternoon |
Good evening | Bonsoir
Nice to meet you | Enchanté de faire ta connaissance

### Small talk

English | French
--- | ---
How are you? | Comment ça va?
Nao! | Nao!
Thank you | Merci

### End of interaction

English | French
--- | ---
Goodbye | Au revoir
Goodnight | Bonne nuit
See you later | À tout à l’heure
Have a good day | Bonne journée
Take care | Fais attention à toi
I’m going to sleep | Je vais me coucher
I have to go | Je dois y aller
I’ll come back soon | Je reviens bientôt
Have a nice weekend | Bon week-end
See you tonight | À ce soir
See you tomorrow | À demain
See you Monday [1] | À lundi
See you next week | À la semaine prochaine

[1] Try also with other weekdays.

## Ask for information

French - Japanese - Chinese - German - Spanish - Italian

### Repeat

English | French
--- | ---
What did I say? | Qu’est-ce que je viens de dire?
Can you repeat? | Peux-tu répéter?

### Applications

English | French
--- | ---
What are your applications? | C’est quoi tes applications?
How can I start an application? | Comment on fait pour lancer une application?

### Date & time

English | French
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What time is it? | Quelle heure est-il?
What day is it? | Quel jour sommes-nous?
Tell me the current year | En quelle année sommes-nous?

### Languages

English | French
--- | ---
What languages do you speak? | Quelles langues sais-tu parler?

### Volume

English | French
--- | ---
Tell me your current volume | Quel est ton volume actuel?
How can I change your volume? | Comment faire pour changer le volume?
What is your minimum volume? | Quel est ton volume minimum?
What is your maximum volume? | Quel est ton volume maximum?

### Battery level

English | French
--- | ---
How long does it take you to charge? | Combien de temps tu mets à te charger?
How much autonomy do you have? | Combien as-tu d’autonomie?
What is your battery level? | Il te reste combien de batterie?
Do you need charging? | As-tu besoin de te recharger?
Are you hungry? | As-tu faim?
What is your exact battery level? | Quel est ton niveau exact de batterie?
Are you plugged in? | Es-tu branché?
Are you charging? | Es-tu en train de te recharger?
Do you want me to plug you in? | Tu veux que je te branche?

### Internet connection

English | French
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What is your IP address? | Quelle est ton adresse IP?
Give me your wifi IP address | Donne-moi ton adresse IP wifi
Give me your ethernet IP address | Donne-moi ton adresse IP ethernet
Give me your bluetooth IP address | Donne-moi ton adresse IP bluetooth
What is your webpage? | Donne-moi ta page web
I want to configure the Internet | Je veux me connecter au wifi
Are you connected to the wifi? | Es-tu connecté au wifi?
Are you connected to the internet? | Es-tu connecté à internet?

## Modify settings

French - Japanese - Chinese - German - Spanish - Italian

### Languages

English | French
--- | ---
Speak English | Parle anglais

Try also with the other supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish and Italian (the corresponding language packages must be installed on your robot beforehand).

Note: when NAO is asked to speak another language, the language is changed and remains changed, i.e. asking NAO to speak a language has the same effect as modifying his settings.

### Volume

English | French
--- | ---
Speak softer | Parle moins fort
Speak louder | Parle plus fort
Set the volume to the minimum | Mets le volume au minimum
Set the volume to the maximum | Mets le volume au maximum
I want to set the volume at 35 [2] | Mets le volume à 35.
I want to change the volume | Change le volume

[2] Try also with other values between 20 and 100.

### Silent mode

In silent mode, NAO will still listen but will make specific gestures instead of answering.

English | French
--- | ---
Stop talking | Tais-toi
You can speak again | Tu peux reparler

### Shutdown, restart & sleep mode

English | French
--- | ---
Can you shutdown? | Éteins-toi
Can you restart? | Tu peux redémarrer?
Go to sleep | Va dormir

## Make NAO move

French - Japanese - Chinese - German - Spanish - Italian

### Posture

English | French
--- | ---
Turn your engines on | Allume tes moteurs
Turn your engines off | Éteins tes moteurs
Can you stand up? | Lève-toi
Can you sit down? | Assieds-toi
Can you lie down? [3] | Allonge-toi
Can you crouch? | Accroupis-toi

[3] Try also: Can you lie on your belly / on your back?

### Head

English | French
--- | ---
Can you turn your head? [4] | Tourne la tête
Can you look elsewhere? | Regarde ailleurs
Can you look down? | Regarde vers le bas
Can you look up? | Regarde vers le haut
Can you shake your head? | Peux-tu bouger la tête?
Can you look at me? | Peux-tu me regarder?
Can you stop moving your head? | Arrête de bouger la tête

[4] Try also: Can you turn your head to the left / to the right?

### Arms

English | French
--- | ---
Can you raise your arm? [5] | Peux-tu lever ton bras?
Can you raise your arms? | Lève tes bras
Can you stretch your arm? [5] | Peux-tu tendre le bras?
Can you stretch your arms? | Tend tes bras

[5] Try also with left / right arm.

### Hands

English | French
--- | ---
Let’s shake hands! | On peut se serrer la main?
Can you open your hand? [6] | Peux-tu ouvrir la main?
Can you open your hands? | Peux-tu ouvrir les mains?
Can you close your hand? [6] | Peux-tu fermer la main?
Can you close your hands? | Peux-tu fermer les mains?
Can you move your hand? [6] | Peux-tu bouger la main?
Can you move your hands? | Peux-tu bouger les mains?
Hands up! | Haut les mains
Can you put your hands behind? | Mets tes mains en arrière
Can you wave bye bye? | Peux-tu me faire coucou?
Hide yourself | Cache-toi les yeux

[6] Try also with left / right hand.

### Impossible moves

English | French
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Can you touch me? | Peux-tu me toucher?
Can you point at me? | Montre-moi du doigt?
Can you cross your arms? | Peux-tu croiser les bras?
Can you dab? | Peux-tu faire un dab?
Can you turn your head 180 degrees? | Peux-tu tourner la tête de 180 degrés?
Can you walk? | Tu peux marcher?
Can you roll? | Tu peux rouler?
Go backwards | Peux-tu reculer?
Can you run? | Peux-tu courir?
Can you jump? | Peux-tu sauter?
Can you spin? | Fais un tour sur toi-même
Can you do a backflip? | Peux-tu faire un saut périlleux?
Can you do push ups? | Peux-tu faire des pompes?
Can you stand on one foot? | Peux-tu te mettre sur un pied?
Can you fly? | Peux-tu voler?

## Make NAO do something

French - Japanese - Chinese - German - Spanish - Italian

### Sing

English | French
--- | ---
Can you sing? | Tu sais chanter?
Sing Ring around the Rosie | Chante à la ronde jolie ronde
Sing Mary had a little lamb | Chante Marie avait un petit agneau
Sing Row row row your boat | Chante Rame rame rame le bâteau
Sing Do Re Mi | Chante Do Re Mi
Sing Hello Robots | Chante Salut les robots
Sing the ABC song | Chante ABC

### Abilities

English | French
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What can you do? | Que sais-tu faire?
What cannot you do? | Qu’est-ce que tu ne sais pas faire?
What can we talk about? | De quoi peut-on parler?

### Applications

English | French
--- | ---
Launch <application name> | Lance <>
<trigger sentence of the application> | <>
Launch an application randomly | Lance une application au hasard

## Learn more about NAO

French - Japanese - Chinese - German - Spanish - Italian

### Personal information

English | French
--- | ---
Can you introduce yourself? | Présente-toi
What’s your name? | Comment tu t’appelles?
What’s your nickname? | As-tu un surnom?
Can I change your name? | J’aimerais changer ton nom
How old are you? | Quel âge as-tu?
How old is Pepper? | Quel âge a Pepper?
How old is Romeo? | Quel âge a Romeo?
When is your birthday? | C’est quand ton anniversaire?
What is your job? | Qu’est-ce que tu fais dans la vie ?
Are you a boy or a girl? | Es-tu un garçon ou une fille?

### Characteristics

English | French
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How tall are you? | Quelle est ta taille?
How much do you weight? | Combien pèses-tu?
What are you made of? | Tu es fait en quelle matière?
What color are you? | De quelle couleur es-tu?
How many fingers do you have? | Tu as combien de doigts ?
What is the meaning of your fingerprints? | Que signifient tes empreintes digitales ?
What is your tablet for? | À quoi sert ta tablette?
Do you have microphones? | As-tu des micros?
Where are your microphones? | Où sont tes micros?
Do you have speakers? | As-tu des haut-parleurs?
Where are your speakers? | Où sont tes haut-parleurs?
How many wheels do you have? | Tu as combien de roues?
Do you have cameras? | As-tu des caméras?
Where are your cameras? | Où sont tes caméras?
Do you have sensors? | Tu as des capteurs tactiles?
Where are your sensors? | Où sont tes capteurs tactiles?
How many articulations do you have? | Tu as combien de degrés de liberté?

### Abilities

English | French
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How fast can you go? | À quelle vitesse tu peux aller?
Do you understand my emotions? | Est-ce que tu comprends mes émotions ?
How you detect emotions? | Comment tu détectes les émotions?
Can you remember me? | Tu saurais me reconnaître?
Can you keep a secret? | Tu peux garder un secret?
Can you see me? | Tu peux me voir?
How do you recognize me? | Comment tu fais pour me reconnaître?
How do you track me with your eyes? | Comment tu fais pour me suivre du regard ?
Can you hear me? | Peux-tu m’entendre?
Can you understand me? | Peux-tu me comprendre?
How many words do you know? | Combien de mots tu connais?
How do you understand what I say? | Comment tu fais pour comprendre tout ce que je dis?
How do you speak? | Comment tu fais pour parler ?
How do you move forward? | Comment tu fais pour avancer/reculer?
How do you move? | Comment tu fais pour bouger ?

### Origins

English | French
--- | ---
Where do you come from? | D’où viens-tu?
Why are you called Nao? | Pourquoi tu t’appelles Nao?
What does Nao mean? | Que veut dire Nao?
Who called you Nao? | Qui t’a appelé Nao?
Tell me more about Softbank Robotics | Parle-moi de Softbank Robotics

### Character

English | French
--- | ---
Are you kind? | Es-tu gentil?
Are you cool? | Es-tu cool?
Are you smart? | Es-tu intelligent?
Can I trust you? | Puis-je te faire confiance?
What do you think about humans? | Que penses-tu des humains?
Do you like humans? | Aimes-tu les humains?

### Humanoid robot

English | French
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Are you human? | Es-tu humain?
Are you alive? | Es-tu vivant?
Are you conscious? | Es-tu conscient?
Do you eat? | Est-ce que tu manges?
Do you drink? | Est-ce que tu bois?
Do you know the laws of robotics? | Est-ce que tu connais les lois de la robotique?
Who is Asimov? | Qui est Asimov?
Are you a robot? | Es-tu un robot?
What is a humanoid robot? | C’est quoi un robot humanoïde?
What is a robot? | C’est quoi un robot?
Will robots replace humans? | Est-ce que tu vas remplacer les humains?
Are robots dangerous? | C’est dangereux les robots?

### Other robots

English | French
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Who is Pepper? | Qui est Pepper?
Talk about Pepper | Parle-moi de Pepper
I know Pepper | Je connais Pepper
Who is Romeo? | Qui est Romeo?
Talk about Romeo | Parle-moi de Romeo
I know Romeo | Je connais Romeo
When will Romeo be available? | Quand est-ce que Roméo sortira?

### Relationships

English | French
--- | ---
Do you have siblings? | Tu as des frères et soeurs?
Do you have parents? | Tu as des parents?
Do you have a child? | Tu as un enfant?
Who is your father? | Qui es ton père?
Do you have friends? | Tu as des amis?
What’s your friend’s name? | Comment s’appelle ton ami?
Do you want to be my friend? | Tu veux être mon ami?

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