Nvidia selects Unitree for humanoid research platform
CNBC reports that Nvidia has selected Chinese robot maker Unitree to supply the humanoid body for the chipmaker's first publicly available humanoid robotics system for researchers. The package pairs Unitree's nearly 6-foot-tall H2 humanoid with Nvidia's Jetson Thor hardware, which includes the Blackwell GPU, and will include Nvidia's humanoid-focused AI models Isaac GR00T and simulation tools, CNBC reports. Sales, primarily to research institutions including Stanford and ETH Zurich, are set to begin later this year, according to the report. CNBC also quotes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang describing a reference humanoid, the "Nvidia Isaac Root," with hands providing 25 degrees of freedom and the robot offering 31 degrees of freedom, and noting a weight of 150 pounds in his keynote remarks.
