The robots are coming! At least, that’s what NVIDIA is hoping for, with the technology company revealing a new AI system that can improve the functionality of humanoid robots.
At this point, what can’t AI do, right? The technology is being used to generate content, produce images, and even create podcasts out of thin air, with more and more use cases being announced every day.
Now, human robots are on the menu for AI advocates, and it could help usher in a new era of robotics, albeit an unsettling one for iRobot fans.
NVIDIA Going Big on Robots
At the Conference for Robot Learning (CoRL) in Munich this week, NVIDIA announced a wide range of AI and humanoid robot related initiatives that would see the company heavily invested in their development.
As for what these initiatives will aim to accomplish, the NVIDIA blog post announcing the technology did a great job of laying it out for us:
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“The lineup includes the general availability of the NVIDIA Isaac Lab robot learning framework; six new humanoid robot learning workflows for Project GR00T, an initiative to accelerate humanoid robot development; and new world-model development tools for video data curation and processing, including the NVIDIA Cosmos tokenizer and NVIDIA NeMo Curator for video processing.”
Are Humanoid Robots Really Going to Be a Thing?
While humanoid robots may sound like a far-fetched idea to some, the reality is that AI and other evolving technologies are making weird science fiction stuff very much possible.
NVIDIA is, of course, not the only company that is working on this kind of technology with Tesla announcing a range of humanoid robots alongside its self-driving cars that can perform a variety of tasks, like “babysitting your kid or walking your dog,” according to CEO Elon Musk.
Suffice to say, humanoid robots may very well be on the way in the coming years, particularly if the richest man in the world and one of the biggest AI companies in the world are on board.
NVIDIA Is on a Roll
To be fair, NVIDIA jumping on board the humanoid robot train in such a big way is a good indicator that this kind of technology is right around the corner, if only because the tech company has been on such a roll lately.
With more than its fair share of competitors in the space, NVIDIA has become the unofficial poster child for AI development, riding the generative AI wave to become the third most valuable company in the world thanks to its impressive chip production.
Simply put, you could soon be ditching your smartphone for a humanoid robot that will do everything for you, especially with NVIDIA on the job.
