NVIDIA has introduced advanced AI and simulation technologies that enhance the capabilities and efficiency of humanoid robots, making them more versatile and effective in various applications across industries.
NVIDIA’s new robotics platform leverages powerful AI software and hardware, including the NVIDIA Omniverse open platform for virtual collaboration and real-time photorealistic simulation. Omniverse allows researchers and developers to create and test robots in highly realistic virtual environments before deploying them in the real world. This approach significantly reduces the time and cost associated with developing and training humanoid robots.
The platform’s core is the NVIDIA Isaac Sim scalable robotics simulation application built on Omniverse. Isaac Sim provides a comprehensive environment for training and testing robots using synthetic data, which is crucial for developing AI models that can handle complex tasks and adapt to dynamic environments. It enables rapid iteration and refinement of robotic systems, pushing the boundaries of what humanoid robots can achieve.
NVIDIA has also integrated its AI models, such as NVIDIA Deep Learning AI, into the robotics platform. These models empower humanoid robots with advanced perception, decision-making and learning capabilities, making them more autonomous and efficient in performing tasks.
The NVIDIA Osmo cloud-native managed service is a key component that allows users to orchestrate and scale complex robotics development workflows across distributed computing resources, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Osmo simplifies robot training and simulation workflows, cutting deployment and development cycle times from months to under a week. It enables users to manage tasks such as generating synthetic data, training models, conducting reinforcement learning, and implementing software-in-the-loop testing at scale for humanoids, autonomous mobile robots and industrial manipulators.
NVIDIA’s efforts are already showing promising results with several leading robotics companies and research institutions have reporting significant improvements in their development processes and the performance of their robots.
For instance, robots trained using NVIDIA’s platform have demonstrated superior agility, precision and adaptability in various scenarios, from manufacturing and logistics to healthcare and service industries.
“The next wave of AI is robotics and one of the most exciting developments is humanoid robots. We’re advancing the entire NVIDIA robotics stack, opening access for worldwide humanoid developers and companies to use the platforms, acceleration libraries and AI models best suited for their needs,” said Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
Developers can join the NVIDIA Humanoid Robot Developer Program now to gain access to NVIDIA Osmo and Isaac Lab, followed by NVIDIA NIM microservices at a later date.
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