Humanoid Robots

Sep 29, 2025

Streamline Robot Learning with Whole-Body Control and Enhanced Teleoperation in NVIDIA Isaac Lab 2.3

Training robot policies from real-world demonstrations is costly, slow, and prone to overfitting, limiting generalization across tasks and environments. A...

10 MIN READ

Sep 29, 2025

Train a Quadruped Locomotion Policy and Simulate Cloth Manipulation with NVIDIA Isaac Lab and Newton

Physics plays a crucial role in robotic simulation, providing the foundation for accurate virtual representations of robot behavior and interactions within...

13 MIN READ

Aug 25, 2025

Introducing NVIDIA Jetson Thor, the Ultimate Platform for Physical AI

Robotics is undergoing a revolution, moving beyond the era of specialist machines to generalist robotics. This shift moves away from single-purpose,...

14 MIN READ

Jun 16, 2025

Enhance Robot Learning with Synthetic Trajectory Data Generated by World Foundation Models

Generalist robotics have arrived, powered by advances in mechatronics and robot AI foundation models. But a key bottleneck remains: robots need vast training...

8 MIN READ

May 30, 2025

How Robot Brains Dream and Explore Unseen Worlds

NVIDIA Isaac GR00T-Dreams enables developers to generate large-scale synthetic trajectory data from minimal human demonstrations, enabling robots to quickly...

1 MIN READ

Apr 25, 2025

R²D²: Adapting Dexterous Robots with NVIDIA Research Workflows and Models

Robotic arms are used today for assembly, packaging, inspection, and many more applications. However, they are still preprogrammed to perform specific and often...

10 MIN READ

Mar 27, 2025

R²D²: Advancing Robot Mobility and Whole-Body Control with Novel Workflows and AI Foundation Models from NVIDIA Research

Welcome to the first edition of the NVIDIA Robotics Research and Development Digest (R2D2). This technical blog series will give developers and researchers...

10 MIN READ

Split image of a humanoid robot and a human with a VR headset.

Mar 18, 2025

Building a Synthetic Motion Generation Pipeline for Humanoid Robot Learning

This post was originally published January 2025 but has been extensively revised with new information. General-purpose humanoid robots are designed to adapt...

9 MIN READ

Image of two robots in a factory lifting objects with both arms.

Mar 18, 2025

Accelerate Generalist Humanoid Robot Development with NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1

Humanoid robots are designed to adapt to human workspaces, tackling repetitive or demanding tasks. However, creating general-purpose humanoid robots for...

7 MIN READ

Feb 05, 2025

Featured Researcher and Educator Sessions at NVIDIA GTC 2025

Explore the latest advancements in academia, including advanced research, innovative teaching methods, and the future of learning and technology.

1 MIN READ

Jan 09, 2025

Advancing Physical AI with NVIDIA Cosmos World Foundation Model Platform

As robotics and autonomous vehicles advance, accelerating development of physical AI—which enables autonomous machines to perceive, understand, and perform...

14 MIN READ

Two views of a robot picker, real and computerized.

Jan 06, 2025

Advancing Robot Learning, Perception, and Manipulation with Latest NVIDIA Isaac Release

At CES 2025, NVIDIA announced key updates to NVIDIA Isaac, a platform of accelerated libraries, application frameworks, and AI models that accelerate the...

9 MIN READ

Dec 02, 2024

Unified Whole-Body Control for Physically Simulated Humanoids

Creating interactive simulated humanoids that move naturally and respond intelligently to diverse control inputs remains one of the most challenging problems in...

7 MIN READ

Nov 06, 2024

Advancing Humanoid Robot Sight and Skill Development with NVIDIA Project GR00T

Humanoid robots present a multifaceted challenge at the intersection of mechatronics, control theory, and AI. The dynamics and control of humanoid robots are...

10 MIN READ

Nov 06, 2024

Spotlight: Galbot Builds a Large-Scale Dexterous Hand Dataset for Humanoid Robots Using NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Robotic dexterous grasping is a critical area of research and development, aimed at enabling robots to interact with and manipulate objects as flexibly as...

5 MIN READ

Nov 06, 2024

Spotlight: Fourier Trains Humanoid Robots for Real-World Roles Using NVIDIA Isaac Gym

This post was written in partnership with the Fourier research team. Training humanoid robots to operate in fields that demand high levels of interaction and...

4 MIN READ