Amy LaViers is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and director of the RAD Lab a website of Robotics Automation and Dance (RAD). During her PhD Thesis she realized that Nao robot is the tool for her engaging for the public and researches alike.
Nicholas Kosloski is a Technology Innovation Design and Engineering Teacher at Somers High School in Connecticut. He has been using the Nao robot as a tool throughout the Programming Unit of a Robotics course. There are many other tools he uses including VEX robotics. This serves as the Humanoid section of the unit.