NVIDIA’s Project GR00T – Advancing Humanoid Robotics

NVIDIA, is collaborating with firms like Agility Robotics and Boston Dynamics to advance robotics. On Tuesday, they introduced Project GR00T, a universal model for humanoid robots. They also unveiled Jetson Thor, a new computer tailored for humanoid robots, and upgraded their Isaac robotics platform.

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO, highlighted the significance of creating foundational models for humanoid robots, calling it a major AI challenge. GR00T, which stands for “Generalist Robot 00 Technology,” empowers robots to understand natural language and imitate actions they observe. NVIDIA asserts that such robots can swiftly learn skills like coordination and dexterity, enabling them to navigate and interact effectively with the real world.

Jetson Thor, built on NVIDIA’s Thor system-on-a-chip, is designed to handle complex tasks while ensuring safe and natural interactions with humans and other machines. Its modular architecture prioritizes performance, power efficiency, and size optimization.

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NVIDIA collaborates with various humanoid robot companies such as Agility Robotics, Apptronik, and Boston Dynamics to develop a comprehensive AI platform. Jonathan Hurst, from Agility Robotics, believes that modern AI will revolutionize labor, with robots like Digit becoming integral to daily life. NVIDIA’s partnership is aimed at advancing computing, simulation tools, and machine learning environments necessary for this transformation.

The Isaac robotics platform received significant upgrades to support GR00T. Isaac Lab facilitates reinforcement learning, while OSMO serves as an orchestration service. Additionally, NVIDIA introduced Isaac Manipulator and Isaac Perceptor, offering pretrained models, libraries, and reference hardware to aid robots in manipulation and perception tasks.