Nvidia is doubling down on humanoid robotics with Isaac GR00T, a research platform built on open foundation models designed to make generalist robots smarter, faster, and more capable. The initiative, which stands for Generalist Robot 00 Technology, signals the company sees physical AI as its next major growth frontier.
First announced at Nvidia's GTC conference in March 2024, the platform has evolved rapidly. Nvidia released GR00T N1, its first open and fully customizable humanoid robot foundation model, on March 18, 2025, followed by an upgraded N1.5 version on May 19, 2025.
The platform uses vision-language-action technology, combining what a robot sees, what it's told in natural language, and what it physically does into a single integrated model. The N1.5 release was particularly notable for its use of synthetic data, training information generated in simulation rather than collected from the real world. That approach achieved training results in just 36 hours, a significant reduction from the time-intensive data collection that bottlenecks robotics research.
An early access version of N1.7 followed, featuring an upgraded visual language model backbone that improves the robot's ability to understand and execute complex tasks. The platform runs on Nvidia's Jetson AGX Thor hardware, purpose-built for edge AI applications, and is supported by Isaac Sim and the Omniverse platform for full simulation environments.
Industrial adoption is already underway. Agibot, LG Electronics, and NEURA Robotics are among the firms using GR00T to enhance robotics capabilities for manufacturing, logistics, and physically demanding sectors. Nvidia is also pursuing partnerships in surgical robotics.