Labbook Dutch Nao Team
Error Reports
The head of Princess Beep Boop (Nao4) crashed twice when an ethernet cable was plucked in, but this problem disappeared after flashing. Seems OK 13 December 2016.
- Julia has a weak right shoulder (December 2016).
Bleu hips are squicking. Seems OK September 2015.
- Bleu sound falls away. Loose connector? September 2015.
- Nao's overheats faster when using arms than using legs.
Blue skulls is broken at the bottom: should remove its head any more.
Blue has a connector at the front which is no longer glued on position. Couldn't find a connector position.
Rouge has a broken finger at its left hand.
Started also a whIRLwind Labbook.
Labbook Dutch Nao Team
February 24, 2026
- Switched to my Ubuntu 22.04 partition on nb-ros.
- Downloaded the choregraphe-suite from nao6-binaries.
- There is a in the choregraphe-suite-2.8.7.4-linux64 directory a script, which starts bin/choregraphe_launcher, after setting the SDK_DIR as environment variable.
- The launch fails on library mismatch: /choregraphe-suite-2.8.7.4-linux64/bin/../lib/libz.so.1: version `ZLIB_1.2.9' not found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16).
- Will try Alex's answer.
- But first some updates.
- The file libz.so.1 points to ./libz.so.1.2.8 in the same directory.
- The file /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 points to libz.so.1.2.11
- Removed that symbolic link, and linked to the system version with ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.
- There are two version of python2 in the tt>/choregraphe-suite-2.8.7.4-linux64/bin/. python2 is version 2.7.8, python2.orig is version 2.7.18. Both could do import naoqi.
- Looked what is included, which is quite a list, including several /home/arnoud/packages/choregraphe-suite-2.8.7.4-linux64/lib/python2.7/lib-* directories. Also ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages is included, but this doesn't contribute to naoqi, as far as I see.
- Tested all 4 Hello Worlds on Femke without problems.
- Also downloaded the Linux-version of RobotSettings. Femke had three languages (Dutch, English and German). Also Plural for Nao was installed. Updated that package to version 1.6.2 (that worked!)
- I don“t see any other apps installed on Femke, checking Jutta.
- No other apps at Jutta. Let the Plural for Nao update for the moment.
February 23, 2026
- Choregraphe comes including a python executable and library.
- At my Windows-partition the library can be found at C:\Packages\Aldebaran\ChoregrapheSuite2.8\lib\python2.7\Lib\site-packages.
- In my Windows command-prompt, I started C:\Packages\Aldebaran\ChoregrapheSuite2.8\bin\python.exe. That starts python version 2.7.16. Inside python I could do import naoqi, without setting the PYTHONPATH explicitly.
- When I check with import sys; print(sys.path), I see 'C:\\Packages\\pynaoqi-2.8.7.4\\lib'.
- When I only use that directory, I get the following error when doing import naoqi: No module named inspect.
- Tried to find where the insept is found. sys.path=['C:\\Packages\\pynaoqi-2.8.7.4\\lib', 'C:\\Programs\\Anaconda2\\Lib'] works, just like sys.path=['C:\\Packages\\Aldebaran\\ChoregrapheSuite2.8\\lib', 'C:\\Programs\\Anaconda2\\Lib'].
- Found the minimal setup that works: sys.path=['C:\\Packages\\Aldebaran\\ChoregrapheSuite2.8\\lib', 'C:\\Packages\\Aldebaran\\ChoregrapheSuite2.8\\lib\\python2.7\\Lib'].
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- Downloaded the choregraphe-suite-2.8.7.4-win64-vs2015.zip. Unpacking gives a double choregraphe-suite-2.8.7.4-win64-vs2015 directory, one can be renamed Aldebaran.
- Started bin/choregraphe_launcher.exe, which gave some security warnings, but started fine enough.
- Also tried bin/python.exe, which also works when the >sys.path is set. Python also gave a security warning when import naoqi was performed.
- Tried Hello World 4 - using Python
- Without Nao, ALProxy also worked with ip 127.0.0.1. Unfortunatelly, no sound.
February 20, 2026
- Tested both Jutta and Femke with Tai-Chi. No problems there.
- Both robots are now connected to ROBOLAB_VAR.
- Switched Femke from Dutch to English language.
February 19, 2026
- The official Nao v6 software (NaoQi 2.8.6) can still be downloaded from Maxtronics.
February 18, 2026
- The download of the Linux version of RobotSettings (and some other packages) failed to download from Aldebaran France.
- A retry didn't help. Tried it from WSL and wget, but download is consistently stopped at 52%.
- Found a docker image, where the robot-settings-2.8.6.23-linux64-setup.run is part of the 1.4 GB image.
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- Connected Choregraphe 2.5.10.7 with Jerry (#17). Choregraphe gives a warning that behaviors may work very strangly.
- Still, could connect via LAB42, perform a StandUp, TaiChi and SitDown. Jerry is in good condition.
- Also Mio (#15) pasted the TaiChi test succesfully, even with a low battery.
- Tom (#16) was without battery. Mounted the battery labeled 'UvA-1'.
February 17, 2026
- Also looking if more downloads can be found at the French support side of the Nao.
- Found Robot settings (v2.8.6.23) for all three OS.
February 16, 2026
- Found in overleaf the robot_guides from ZSB 2017.
- For software, the nao guide pointed to https://community.ald.softbankrobotics.com/, which no longer exists.
- The still accesable documentation points to https://developer.softbankrobotics.com/ which also no longer exist.
- Looked to an archived version of Developer Center.
- The documentation of Robot settings and the Choregraphe suite - Installation Guide still exist (Ubuntu 16.04 based).
- Found three versions of Linux setup (v1.2.1). The 2nd one is much larger, so saved that version.
- The choregraphe-suite-2.8.7.4-linux64.tar.gz was not archived by the Wayback machine.
- Luckely Aldebaran has published the Nao 6 binaries on github.
- There is also a Nao 5 resources page.
- Also note libqi-python, which is python3.7 based.
- Also note robot jumpstarter, an alternative for Choregraphe to build robot-apps (NaoQi 2.4 based, so only for Nao v5).
- For the Pepper I could only find jumpstarter and PDDL Playground.
- This is the new version of the guide: Using the Nao.
February 12, 2026
- Connected to Jerry, Nao v5 #17. Checked the connection wired, connecting to the webinterface. The Nao is running Naoqi v2.1.4.13. Could also connect to LAB42, with ip *.*.*.51.
- Logged in, there are several pkg available in /usr/share/naoqi/apps. Yet, the list is quite short:
- DefaultLaunchpadPlugins.pkg
- animation-mode.pkg
- animations.pkg
- auto-diagnostic.pkg
- boot-configuration-3.0.21.pkg
- system-2.1.0.pkg
- According to Administration Jerry was last tested in June 2021. Could perform Tai CHi with minimal support.
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- Currently flashing Sam with NaoQi 2.8.7. Sam is one of the managed robots.
- The installed packages can be found on the robot on /home/nao/.local/share/PackageManager/apps/
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