Mentioned:
Nvidia wants to accelerate the future of humanoid robots. Which is exactly why they’re rolling out a new reference robot design for researchers and developers to be able to use.
What’s happening:
- Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has launched a new open humanoid robot system design to be used by universities and research labs
Why it matters:
- This is the first time ever that Nvidia has publicly launched a open humanoid robot system built on Nvidia’s Jetson Thor and Nvidia’s Isaac Gr00T platform for researchers and developers to be able to build on top of
Going deeper:
- The new open humanoid robot system designed launched by Nvidia will allow researchers to develop more advanced skills for robotics including navigation, language-conditioned tasks and manipulation
- Nvidia’s new open humanoid robot system leverages a Unitree H2 Plus body, Sharpa hands, Nvidia’s Jetson Thor computer as well as Nvidia’s GR00T artificial intelligence models as one integrated package
The intrigue:
- Universities and developers who want to use the new open humanoid robot system design will purchase the hardware directly from Unitree and its distributors
