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Overview
NVIDIA goes beyond GPUs to provide core infrastructure for robotics AI. They are building a full-stack robotics solution spanning simulation (Omniverse), world models (Cosmos), humanoid models (GR00T), and development platforms (Isaac).
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, CA |
| CEO | Jensen Huang |
| Robotics Division | NVIDIA Robotics |
| Core Products | Isaac, Omniverse, Cosmos, GR00T |
Isaac Platform
An end-to-end platform for robot development.
Isaac Sim
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Physics Engine | PhysX 5 based |
| Rendering | RTX ray tracing |
| Sensor Simulation | Camera, LiDAR, IMU |
| Integration | ROS 2, USD support |
Isaac Lab
Reinforcement learning/imitation learning training environment:
- GPU-parallel simulation
- Domain Randomization
- Sim-to-Real pipeline
Omniverse
A physically accurate digital twin platform.
Core Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| USD | Universal Scene Description |
| RTX | Real-time ray tracing |
| PhysX | Physics simulation |
| Nucleus | Collaborative data layer |
Robotics Applications
[Real Factory] ──3D Scan──→ [Digital Twin] ──Simulation──→ [Robot Training]
↓
[Real Deployment]Cosmos
World Foundation Model
World model platform announced in January 2025.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Purpose | World Model for Physical AI |
| Training Data | 20M+ video hours |
| Tokenization | Video → Token compression |
| Applications | Robotics, autonomous driving |
Core Capabilities
- Physical Future Prediction: Predicting what happens next
- Synthetic Data Generation: Training data augmentation
- Reasoning: Simulating action consequences
GR00T (Project)
Humanoid Foundation Model
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Announcement | GTC 2024 |
| Target | Humanoid robots |
| Architecture | Dual-System |
| Data | Omniverse synthetic data |
GR00T N1 (2025)
Open-source humanoid VLA:
- Trained on synthetic data
- Zero-shot application to real environments
- Cross-embodiment support
Partnerships
Humanoid Partners
| Company | Robot |
|---|---|
| Figure AI | Figure 02 |
| 1X Technologies | NEO |
| Agility | Digit |
| Apptronik | Apollo |
| Boston Dynamics | Atlas |
Automotive Partners
- Mercedes-Benz (factory digital twin)
- BMW (manufacturing simulation)
Strategic Position
┌─────────────────┐
│ Cosmos │ ← World Model
│ (Physical Pred) │
└────────┬────────┘
│
┌──────────┐ ┌────────▼────────┐ ┌──────────┐
│ Isaac │──────│ Omniverse │──────│ GR00T │
│ (SDK) │ │ (Simulation) │ │ (Model) │
└──────────┘ └────────┬────────┘ └──────────┘
│
┌────────▼────────┐
│ GPU/Jetson │ ← Hardware
│(Inference Exec) │
└─────────────────┘NVIDIA’s strategy is to dominate the infrastructure layer of robotics AI.