The chipmaking big Nvidia is leaning extra closely into robotics in 2025. More particularly, within the first half of the brand new yr, confirms the Financial Times, Nvidia is launching a brand new technology of compact computer systems for humanoid robots known as Jetson Thor.
The transfer, which was anticipated, is a part of an evolving, years-long technique. Nvidia doesn’t plan to compete immediately with producers like Tesla, however reasonably present the “hundreds of thousands” of robotic makers on the earth with a form of underlying OEM, as its vice chairman of robotics, Deepu Talla, advised reporters final month in Tokyo.
As for why now, Talla tells the FT that the shift owes to 2 technological breakthroughs: the explosion of generative AI fashions, and the flexibility to coach robots on them utilizing simulated environments.
What Nvidia isn’t saying however can be plainly the case: its push into AI-powered robots comes as main prospects like Amazon and Google work to minimize their dependence on the outfit’s AI chips by growing their very own.
Above: Tesla’s humanoid robotic, Optimus; Nvidia has stated it provides Tesla with tech to construct the machines.
