Nvidia on Monday said it has selected Chinese robotics company Unitree as the hardware partner for its new robotics system for researchers — the first of its kind sold by the chipmaker.
The AI chipmaker said it will combine its Jetson Thor onboard computing system and Isaac GR00T humanoid AI models with Unitree’s humanoid robot, the H2 Plus, for the platform.
Speaking at an event in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the platform is intended to help improve accessibility of robotic designs for higher education and university researchers.
By integrating hardware, simulation and AI software into a single design, the companies said they can help researchers accelerate humanoid development and real-world testing.
Mechanical hands made by Singapore-based Sharpa are also set to be included in the design.
Nvidia said the platform is aimed at research institutions and robotics developers, including universities such as Stanford and ETH Zurich, providing a standardized foundation for developing humanoid capabilities.
“Humanoid robots will bring physical AI to the world’s largest industries, opening a multitrillion-dollar economic opportunity,” Huang said in a release. “The Nvidia Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot built on H2 Plus gives researchers a single, open platform to make breakthrough discoveries toward general-purpose physical intelligence.”
According to Nvidia, the robot includes 75 degrees of freedom across its body and hands, stereo vision sensors, wrist-mounted cameras, and onboard compute capable of real-time sensor processing and robot inference.
Nvidia’s Isaac GR00T developer platform will also be used to support Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot.
Unitree said the H2 Plus humanoid robot is set for release in late 2026, while Nvidia said GR00T workflows for the Unitree G1 will be available soon on GitHub and Hugging Face.
