Written by Max A. Charney
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Nvidia on Monday unveiled a hardware and software platform for building human-like robots that includes generative artificial intelligence capabilities.
The new platform will consist of the computer systems that power the robots and AI, as well as a package of software including genAI and other tools for building robots closer to human life, the company said at its annual developer conference. said.
With the addition of genAI, humanoid robots will be able to act based on input that combines language, video, “human demonstrations,” and past experience. The genAI component, called Project GR00T, will be added to the company’s existing robotics hardware and software platform.
“These smarter, faster, better robots will be introduced into the world’s heavy industry,” Reverend Reverendian, vice president of Omniverse and Simulation Technologies, said in a briefing with reporters. “We are collaborating with the global robotics and simulation ecosystem to accelerate development and deployment.”
The powerful computer behind the genAI software is called “Jetson Thor” and is based on one of the company’s AI chips and other hardware. The computer will give robots enough computing power to perform complex tasks and interact with people and machines, the company said.
The suite of software tools is called the Isaac platform, and the new GR00T genAI capabilities are designed to work with “any robot embodiment in any environment.” The tool includes the ability to train software to make better decisions over time, a process known as reinforcement learning.
Nvidia also said it will release pre-trained robot models and other software that will improve the robot arm’s capabilities and multi-camera sensing capabilities.
(Reporting by Max A. Charney in San Francisco; Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)
