Nvidia Launches Cosmos 3 Edge Model, Partners with Japanese Industry for Physical AI

Nvidia Corp. has unveiled Cosmos 3 Edge, a compact world model designed to run vision reasoning and robot control directly on edge devices.

The model can handle 4 billion parameters and runs on Nvidia's Jetson platform, including new T2000 and T3000 modules, as well as RTX GPUs.

The announcement is coupled with a major push into Japan's robotics and manufacturing sector. More than 20 Japanese companies, including FANUC Corp., Yaskawa Electric Corp., Fujitsu Ltd., SoftBank Corp., Sony Group Corp., and Toyota-backed Preferred Networks Inc., intend to join the Nvidia Cosmos Coalition.

Separately, Nvidia and the Japanese government unveiled what they call the world's first national AI infrastructure. The project, named FRONTia, will build an AI factory powered by 27,500 Nvidia Rubin GPUs. The Japanese government is investing approximately $2.4 billion in the effort.

"The next frontier of AI is in the physical world and this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Japan," said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, framing the initiative as a chance for the country to reclaim its manufacturing leadership.