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Nvidia Bets on Robotics To Drive Future Growth 13

Posted by msmash from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Nvidia is betting on robotics as its next big driver of growth, as the world's most valuable semiconductor company faces increasing competition in its core AI chipmaking business. The US tech group, best known for the infrastructure that has underpinned the AI boom, is set to launch its latest generation of compact computers for humanoid robots [non-paywalled link] -- dubbed Jetson Thor -- in the first half of 2025.

Nvidia is positioning itself to be the leading platform for what the tech group believes is an imminent robotics revolution. The company sells a "full stack" solution, from the layers of software for training AI-powered robots to the chips that go into them. [...] Talla said a shift in the robotics market is being driven by two technological breakthroughs: the explosion of generative AI models and the ability to train robots on these foundational models using simulated environments. The latter has been a particularly significant development as it helps solve what roboticists call the "Sim-to-Real gap," ensuring robots trained in virtual environments can operate effectively in the real world, he said.

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  • Are there any startups building humanoid robots? Have humanoid robots recently gotten cheaper than what Boston Dynamics has been doing?

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

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      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Targon ( 17348 )

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    • Well, Tesla is.

      But robotics and especially humanoids is a huge graveyard of companies who thought it was the next big thing. Like VR.

      The problem is we've had this revolution in the AI side, but nothing comparable on the hardware side.

    • The robots Amazon is trialing in its distribution centers started at $250k and are projected to be as little as $40k by 2027. The future is coming FAST on this front.

    • already invested in a while ago? Think it was Figure AI. Yeah...

      https://robotsguide.com/robots... [robotsguide.com]

      But asking Google has their AI output this list for me ('humanoid robot companies')... Boston Dynamics, Tesla, PAL Robotics, Hanson Robotics, Apptronik, Sanctuary AI, Softbank Robotics Group Corp (guessing investing more than making, but...), Figure AI, and Mentee Robotics Ltd.

      I'm baffled at all the semi-successful companies who are aiming at this. Everyone and their dog would like something effective in tha

      • And everybody wants to own the whole pie. Versus making a widget that's great, and letting everybody buy/use it.

        At least iRobot made a vacuum.

        I'm baffled at all the semi-successful companies who are aiming at this. Everyone and their dog would like something effective in that space, and to me that means it's hard and unlikely.

        Large successful companies get political credit for working on "secret" projects that they can give information about to nosy politicians and investors. Even if it's unlikely to be successful.

        https://robotsguide.com/robots... [robotsguide.com] But asking Google has their AI output this list for me ('humanoid robot companies')... Boston Dynamics, Tesla, PAL Robotics, Hanson Robotics, Apptronik, Sanctuary AI, Softbank Robotics Group Corp (guessing investing more than making, but...), Figure AI, and Mentee Robotics Ltd.

        Cool, thanks!

  • Humanoid robots already exist, but human quality robots are waiting not on engineering but on foundational research. Here are some of the many things that need to be developed: Sensor packing in a tough, robust epidermal layer. Efficient, powerful actuators that don't produce too much heat, provide high torque, and don't weigh too much. Less expensive manufacturing of extremely strong materials like titanium and carbon fiber. Rapid iteration in complete robot design. Efficient provision of common sense to a

  • At least for hallucinating LLM-type "AI". One hallucination and the hardware is broken or, worse, a human is injured or dead.

  • Feels like this should have been just a product announcement for the new small form factor mainboard iteration. Meaning likely a new generation of CPU, and it'll be able to run Linux, Android, or lots of other things (QNX, etc).

    I've been sad not to see more from one of these teams, but I don't see why it sparked all the talk about robots so much. Guess the author is trying to find a killer reason to use/buy the part. Or drive traffic to their site using buzzwords.

    Please editorial team consider if the art

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