Nvidia is unveiling its first open humanoid robot platform for academic research

The system pairs a Unitree H2 Plus robot and Sharpa tactile hands with Nvidia's Jetson Thor compute and GR00T software stack

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Nvidia $NVDA announced the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, the company's first open humanoid robot reference design, built on its Jetson Thor hardware and GR00T software platform and aimed at academic researchers.

At the hardware level, a Unitree H2 Plus chassis forms the robot's body — measuring close to six feet in height at 150 pounds — paired with dual Sharpa Wave tactile five-finger hands and onboard Nvidia compute, all tied together by an open software stack covering........

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