NVIDIA unveils open humanoid robot for university research
Universities and labs gain a shared humanoid platform for testing dexterous robotics, with NVIDIA aiming to cut integration delays.
Evidence notes
- The system combines a Unitree H2 Plus humanoid body, Sharpa five-fingered hands, Jetson Thor onboard computing, and NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T software stack.
- Onboard computing comes from the Jetson AGX Thor T5000, based on NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture.
Company context
NVIDIA is a compute and AI infrastructure company providing the simulation, training, edge-compute and model platforms used across modern robotics. Its stack includes tools for robot learning, digital twins, perception and on-device inference.