Nvidia selects Unitree's humanoid robot for first publicly available robotics system; Chinese startup eyes IPO
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Katie Tarasov, Evelyn Cheng
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Summary
Nvidia has selected Chinese startup Unitree's H2 humanoid robot as the platform for its first publicly available humanoid robotics system. The system combines Unitree's nearly 6-foot-tall H2 robot with Nvidia's Jetson Thor hardware featuring Blackwell GPUs, along with Nvidia's Isaac GR00T AI models and simulation tools. The announcement comes as Unitree, a Chinese humanoid robot maker, is reportedly eyeing an IPO.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledNvidia has selected Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree for the first robotics system the U.S. chipmaker is selling to researchers from Stanford to ETH Zurich.
The system combines Unitree's nearly 6-foot-tall H2 humanoid robot with Nvidia's Jetson Thor hardware, which includes the company's advanced Blackwell GPU for on-device artificial intelligence capabilities.
Nvidia's humanoid-focused AI models, known as Isaac GR00T, and simulation systems are part of the new robot testing package.
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