NVIDIA has announced a massive expansion of its robotics ecosystem, partnering with industry partners to accelerate the transition toward production-scale Physical AI. Unveiled at GTC 2026, the collaboration includes leading robot brain developers, industrial manufacturing giants, and surgical robotics innovators, all leveraging NVIDIA’s full-stack computing platform to build the next generation of intelligent machines.

Key partners building on NVIDIA technology include ABB Robotics, FANUC, YASKAWA, and KUKA. With a combined global install base exceeding 2 million robots, these industrial leaders are integrating NVIDIA Omniverse and NVIDIA Isaac simulation frameworks into their virtual commissioning solutions. This allows for the creation of physically accurate digital twins to design and optimize entire production lines before real-world deployment.

Advancing the Robotics Brain

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang emphasized the shift toward a new industrial era: “Physical AI has arrived — every industrial company will become a robotics company.” To support this, NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA Cosmos, the first world foundation model designed to unify synthetic world generation and vision reasoning, enabling robots to master complex tasks with minimal retraining.

Leading developers like Skild AI, FieldAI, and World Labs are utilizing these world models and the Isaac GR00T framework to develop adaptable, general-purpose robot brains. In a significant industrial application, Skild AI is partnering with Foxconn to implement high-precision assembly for NVIDIA Blackwell production lines.

The Humanoid and Healthcare Frontier

The humanoid robotics sector is seeing rapid adoption from leaders like Boston Dynamics, 1X, Agility Robotics, Figure, and Apptronik. These companies are utilizing NVIDIA Jetson Thor robotic computing platforms to power advanced mobility and reasoning. Furthermore, humanoid pioneers like AGIBOT and NEURA Robotics are adopting the new Isaac GR00T N models to accelerate industrial deployments.

In the healthcare sector, Physical AI is transforming surgery and diagnostics. Medtronic is exploring NVIDIA IGX Thor for mission-critical precision in surgical systems, while CMR Surgical and Johnson & Johnson MedTech are using Isaac Sim and Cosmos-based workflows to validate robotic intelligence for surgical platforms like Versius and Monarch.

By fostering an open platform for design and testing, NVIDIA is enabling global innovators — from startups like Bedrock Robotics to tech giants like Microsoft Azure and Alibaba Cloud — to scale Physical AI across factories, logistics, and infrastructure.

17 March 2026