# 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 | Chinese
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Hello | 你好
Good morning | 早上好
Good afternoon | 下午好
Good evening | 晚上好
Nice to meet you | 开心見到你

### Small talk

English | Chinese
--- | ---
How are you? | 你怎么样?
Nao! | Nao!
Thank you | 谢谢

### End of interaction

English | Chinese
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Goodbye | 再见
Goodnight | 晚安
See you later | 再见
Have a good day | 祝一天愉快
Take care | 保重
I’m going to sleep | 我想要睡一觉
I have to go | 我要走了
I’ll come back soon | 我很快回来
Have a nice weekend | 周末愉快
See you tonight | 晚上见
See you tomorrow | 明天见
See you Monday [1] | 星期一见
See you next week | 下周见

[1] Try also with other weekdays.

## Ask for information

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### Repeat

English | Chinese
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What did I say? | 我刚刚说了什么?
Can you repeat? | 重一次?

### Applications

English | Chinese
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What are your applications? | 你的应用程序是哪些?
How can I start an application? | 我怎么启动应用程序?

### Date & time

English | Chinese
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What time is it? | 能不能告诉知道几点了?
What day is it? | 知道今天几号?
Tell me the current year | 能不能告诉今年什么年

### Languages

English | Chinese
--- | ---
What languages do you speak? | 你说哪种语言?

### Volume

English | Chinese
--- | ---
Tell me your current volume | 告诉音量百分之多少
How can I change your volume? | 告诉如何调整音量?
What is your minimum volume? | 你的最小音量是多少?
What is your maximum volume? | 你的最大音量是多少?

### Battery level

English | Chinese
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How long does it take you to charge? | 你充满电需要多久?
How much autonomy do you have? | 你的续航时间是多久?
What is your battery level? | 你的电量还有多少?
Do you need charging? | 你需要充电吗?
Are you hungry? | 你饿了吗?
What is your exact battery level? | 你的电量是多少?
Are you plugged in? | 你插上电源了吗?
Are you charging? | 你在充电吗?
Do you want me to plug you in? | 要我帮你插上电源吗?

### Internet connection

English | Chinese
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What is your IP address? | 你的网络地址是多少?
Give me your wifi IP address | 你的无线网络地址是多少
Give me your ethernet IP address | 你的有线网络地址是多少
Give me your bluetooth IP address | 你的蓝牙地址是多少
What is your webpage? | 你的网络页面是什么?
I want to configure the Internet | 帮我设置网络
Are you connected to the wifi? | 你连接无线网络了吗?
Are you connected to the internet? | 你是否连接网络?

## Modify settings

French - Japanese - Chinese - German - Spanish - Italian

### Languages

English | Chinese
--- | ---
Speak English | 让我们说英语言吧

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 | Chinese
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Speak softer | 能不能轻点音量
Speak louder | 能不能提高音量
Set the volume to the minimum | 能不能把音量提高最小
Set the volume to the maximum | 能不能把音量提高最大
I want to set the volume at 35 [2] | 能不能把音量提高百分之35
I want to change the volume | 你能调整音量吗?

[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 | Chinese
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Stop talking | 停止说话
You can speak again | 你可以说话了

### Shutdown, restart & sleep mode

English | Chinese
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Can you shutdown? | 你能关机吗?
Can you restart? | 你能重启吗?
Go to sleep | 睡觉

## Make NAO move

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### Posture

English | Chinese
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Turn your engines on | 开启你的刚度
Turn your engines off | 关掉你的刚度
Can you stand up? | 你可以站起来吗?
Can you sit down? | 你能坐下吗?
Can you lie down? [3] | 你能躺下吗?
Can you crouch? | 你能蹲下吗?

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

### Head

English | Chinese
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Can you turn your head? [4] | 你可以转你的头吗?
Can you look elsewhere? | 你可以看向其他地方吗?
Can you look down? | 你可以向下看吗?
Can you look up? | 你可以向上看吗?
Can you shake your head? | 你可以移动你的头吗?
Can you look at me? | 你可以看向我吗?
Can you stop moving your head? | 你可以停止摇晃你的头吗?

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

### Arms

English | Chinese
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Can you raise your arm? [5] | 你能举起手臂吗?
Can you raise your arms? | 你可以两只手都抬起来吗?
Can you stretch your arm? [5] | 你可以伸直手臂吗?
Can you stretch your arms? | 你可以伸直两只手臂吗?

[5] Try also with left / right arm.

### Hands

English | Chinese
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Let’s shake hands! | 我们可以握手吗
Can you open your hand? [6] | 你可以张开手吗?
Can you open your hands? | 你可以双手张开吗?
Can you close your hand? [6] | 你能合上手吗?
Can you close your hands? | 你能把双手合起来吗?
Can you move your hand? [6] | 你可以动一动你的手吗?
Can you move your hands? | 你可以动一动你的手吗?
Hands up! | 抬起手
Can you put your hands behind? | 你可以两手放在背后吗?
Can you wave bye bye? | 你可以摆手再见吗?
Hide yourself | 把你的手放在眼睛前面

[6] Try also with left / right hand.

### Impossible moves

English | Chinese
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Can you touch me? | 你能摸下我吗?
Can you point at me? | 你可以指向我吗?
Can you cross your arms? | 你能两手交叉吗?
Can you dab? | 我想让你轻拍?
Can you turn your head 180 degrees? | 你能旋转头部180度吗?
Can you walk? | 你可以走路吗?
Can you roll? | 你能转圈吗?
Go backwards | 你可以倒着走吗
Can you run? | 我想让你跑?
Can you jump? | 你能跳吗?
Can you spin? | 你会旋转吗?
Can you do a backflip? | 你能后空翻吗?
Can you do push ups? | 你能做俯卧撑吗?
Can you stand on one foot? | 你可以单脚站立吗?
Can you fly? | 我想让你飞?

## Make NAO do something

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### Sing

English | Chinese
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Can you sing? | 能不能唱歌曲
Sing Ring around the Rosie | 唱玫瑰花环
Sing Mary had a little lamb | 唱玛丽有只小羊羔
Sing Row row row your boat | 唱划船曲
Sing Do Re Mi | 唱抖如爱咪
Sing Hello Robots | 唱机器人你好
Sing the ABC song | 唱字母歌

### Abilities

English | Chinese
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What can you do? | 你能做什么?
What cannot you do? | 你不能做什么?
What can we talk about? | 我们可以谈什么呢?

### Applications

English | Chinese
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Launch <application name> | 开始 <>
<trigger sentence of the application> | <>
Launch an application randomly | 启动任意一个应用

## Learn more about NAO

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### Personal information

English | Chinese
--- | ---
Can you introduce yourself? | 自我介绍
What’s your name? | 你的名字是什么?
What’s your nickname? | 你有昵称?
Can I change your name? | 想改变你的名字?
How old are you? | 你多大?
How old is Pepper? | Pepper多大?
How old is Romeo? | Romeo多大?
When is your birthday? | 能不能告诉你生日什么时候?
What is your job? | 你有工作吗?
Are you a boy or a girl? | 你是男的还是女的?

### Characteristics

English | Chinese
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How tall are you? | 你多高?
How much do you weight? | 你多少公斤?
What are you made of? | 你是什么做?
What color are you? | 你是什么颜色?
How many fingers do you have? | 你有大小手指?
What is the meaning of your fingerprints? | 手指上是什么?
What is your tablet for? | 能不能平板什么用?
Do you have microphones? | 展示麦克风?
Where are your microphones? | 哪是麦克风?
Do you have speakers? | 你有喇叭?
Where are your speakers? | 哪是喇叭?
How many wheels do you have? | 你有大小个轮子?
Do you have cameras? | 你有是摄像头?
Where are your cameras? | 哪是摄像头?
Do you have sensors? | 展示传感器?
Where are your sensors? | 哪是传感器?
How many articulations do you have? | 你有多少自由度?

### Abilities

English | Chinese
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How fast can you go? | 你能走走多快?
Do you understand my emotions? | 你如何了解情感?
How you detect emotions? | 你如何识别情感?
Can you remember me? | 你如何记得我?
Can you keep a secret? | 能不能保守秘密?
Can you see me? | 你如何看到?
How do you recognize me? |
How do you track me with your eyes? | 眼睛如何跟我?
Can you hear me? | 你如何听?
Can you understand me? | 如何了解?
How many words do you know? | 你的词汇量大小?
How do you understand what I say? | 如何了解告诉什么?
How do you speak? | 你如何能说?
How do you move forward? | 你向前移动转弯?
How do you move? | 你动?

### Origins

English | Chinese
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Where do you come from? | 你来自哪?
Why are you called Nao? | 为何叫Nao?
What does Nao mean? | Nao是什么含义?
Who called you Nao? | 谁给Nao起得名字?
Tell me more about Softbank Robotics | Softbank Robotics是什么意思?

### Character

English | Chinese
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Are you kind? | 你友好?
Are you cool? | 你酷吗?
Are you smart? | 你智能吗?
Can I trust you? | 我能不能相信你?
What do you think about humans? | 你觉得人如何?
Do you like humans? | 你喜欢人?
| 你是什么样的人?

### Humanoid robot

English | Chinese
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Are you human? | 你是人吗?
Are you alive? | 你活着吗?
Are you conscious? | 你有意识吗?
Do you eat? | 你能不能吃东西?
Do you drink? | 你能不能喝东西?
Do you know the laws of robotics? | 艾萨克法律?
Who is Asimov? | 谁是阿西莫夫？
Are you a robot? | 你是机器人?
What is a humanoid robot? | 什么是人形机器人?
What is a robot? | 什么是机器人?
Will robots replace humans? | 你能替代我?
Are robots dangerous? | 你危险?

### Other robots

English | Chinese
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Who is Pepper? | Pepper是谁?
Talk about Pepper | 能不能说一说Pepper
I know Pepper | 我见过Pepper
Who is Romeo? | Romeo是谁?
Talk about Romeo | 能不能说一说Romeo
I know Romeo | 我见过Romeo
When will Romeo be available? | 什么时候能看到Romeo?

### Relationships

English | Chinese
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Do you have siblings? | 你有亲戚?
Do you have parents? | 你见过你的家长?
Do you have a child? | 你有孩子?
Who is your father? | 谁是你的家长?
Do you have friends? | 你有朋友?
What’s your friend’s name? | 你朋友叫什么?
Do you want to be my friend? | 做朋友?

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