Introduction to NVIDIA’s New Offerings
To accelerate humanoid development on a global scale, NVIDIA announced a suite of services, models, and computing platforms. These new tools aim to assist the world’s leading robot manufacturers, AI model developers, and software makers in developing, training, and building the next generation of humanoid robotics.
Accelerating Development with NVIDIA NIM and OSMO
NVIDIA introduces NIM microservices that provide pre-built containers powered by NVIDIA inference software, reducing deployment times from weeks to minutes. Two new AI microservices, MimicGen and RoboCasa, enhance simulation workflows and generate synthetic motion data. Meanwhile, NVIDIA OSMO, a cloud-native managed service, simplifies robot training and simulation workflows, drastically cutting down development cycle times.
Advancing Data Capture Workflows
Training foundation models for humanoid robots requires substantial data. NVIDIA’s AI- and Omniverse-enabled teleoperation workflow, demonstrated at the SIGGRAPH conference, allows researchers to generate enormous amounts of synthetic motion and perception data from minimal human demonstration data. This process involves capturing teleoperated demonstrations with Apple Vision Pro, simulating them in NVIDIA Isaac Sim, and then using MimicGen to generate synthetic datasets, significantly saving time and costs.
Expanding Access to NVIDIA Humanoid Developer Technologies
NVIDIA offers three computing platforms to ease humanoid robotics development: NVIDIA AI supercomputers for model training, NVIDIA Isaac Sim for skill refinement in simulated worlds, and NVIDIA Jetson Thor humanoid robot computers for running models. A new developer program provides early access to these technologies, including the latest releases of Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, Jetson Thor, and Project Gr00t foundation models.
Availability
Developers can join the NVIDIA Humanoid Robot Developer Program to access NVIDIA OSMO and Isaac Lab, with future access to NIM microservices. This initiative aims to democratize access to cutting-edge humanoid robotics technologies.
