Eric Heiden

Eric Heiden is a senior research scientist at NVIDIA, where he develops high-performance physics simulators with applications in physical AI. His work focuses on Warp and Newton, advancing real-time simulation capabilities for robotics control and inverse problems. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.
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Posts by Eric Heiden

Robotics 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
Robots walking.
Robotics Sep 29, 2025

Advancing Robotics Development with Neural Dynamics in Newton

Modern robotics requires more than what classical analytic dynamics provides because of simplified contacts, omitted kinematic loops, and non-differentiable... 9 MIN READ
Robotics Jul 12, 2021

NVIDIA Research: DiSECt - A Differentiable Simulation Engine for Autonomous Robotic Cutting

Robotics researchers from NVIDIA and University of Southern California presented their work at the 2021 Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference called... 8 MIN READ