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AI chip company Nvidia is developing a general purpose robotics AI model that will help humanoids understand natural language and copy human movements by observing them.
Why it matters: For humanoids to be used everywhere, it's important that they can talk to people and be easy to set up and use.
Driving the news: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced Project GR00T at the company’s developer conference in San Jose, California.
- Project GR00T uses a general-purpose foundation model that enables humanoid robots to process and respond to text, speech, videos, and even live demonstrations.
- In his keynote, Huang demonstrated multiple GR00T-powered humanoid robots completing a variety of tasks.
- Nvidia also announced a dedicated chip to power humanoids called the Jetson Thor.
What they’re saying: “Building foundation models for general humanoid robots is one of the most exciting problems to solve in AI today,” Huang said.
- “The enabling technologies are coming together for leading roboticists around the world to take giant leaps towards artificial general robotics.”
The big picture: Nvidia is not alone in its endeavor. Several other companies are all working on general purpose robotics software to improve humanoid performance.
- Figure AI, Tesla, Covariant, Agility Robotics, and Physical Intelligence have all made similar announcements recently.
The bottom line: Nvidia’s access to AI chips and compute capabilities will give it an edge over competitors in the race to become the ultimate “brain for robots”.
