Introducing GR00T N1 – The World’s First Open Humanoid Robot Foundation Model

1️⃣ Isaac GR00T N1 is NVIDIA’s groundbreaking, fully customizable AI model for humanoid robots, designed to address the global labor shortage by enabling robots to perform human-like tasks.

2️⃣ Dual-system architecture: GR00T N1 mimics human thinking with System 1 for quick actions and System 2 for slow, thoughtful decisions, powered by NVIDIA’s vision-language model and synthetic data.

3️⃣ Adaptable for developers: The model can be fine-tuned with real or synthetic data for various robots or tasks, with companies like Boston Dynamics and Agility Robotics already on board.

4️⃣ New technologies: NVIDIA partners with Google DeepMind and Disney Research to create a physics engine and synthetic data tools, accelerating robot training and expanding use cases like theme park robots.

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NVIDIA just dropped the Isaac GR00T N1, calling it the world’s first open and fully customizable foundation model designed for humanoid robots. Yep, we’re officially stepping into the age of generalist robots, and this could change how industries tackle the global labor shortage — which, by the way, is over 50 million workers short worldwide.

So, what’s GR00T N1 all about? Think of it like the brain behind future humanoid robots. Although GR00T N1 isn’t a physical robot itself, it’s an advanced AI model that powers robots, enabling them to think, reason, and perform human-like tasks. It’s built with a dual-system inspired by how humans think — System 1 handles fast, instinctive reactions, while System 2 takes care of slow, thoughtful decisions. System 2 plans the moves, System 1 executes them smoothly — almost like how we reach for our coffee while reading the news.

What really powers this is NVIDIA’s vision-language model and tons of training data — both real and synthetic — generated using their Omniverse platform. Thanks to this, GR00T N1 can pull off general tasks like grabbing things, moving objects, and even doing multi-step jobs that require memory and logic.

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO, put it best: “The age of generalist robotics is here.” And he’s not kidding — during the demo, a humanoid robot from 1X Technologies cleaned up around the house using skills learned from GR00T N1.

The coolest part? Developers can fine-tune GR00T N1 with their own data — real or synthetic — making it super adaptable for different robots or tasks. Companies like Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, and NEURA Robotics are already jumping on board.

But NVIDIA’s not stopping there. They’re teaming up with Google DeepMind and Disney Research to build Newton, a new open-source physics engine designed for robot learning. Disney even teased their new Star Wars-inspired BDX droids, powered by this tech — just imagine these robots roaming theme parks soon.

To top it all off, NVIDIA released a GR00T Blueprint that can generate insane amounts of synthetic training data. We’re talking about producing nine months’ worth of human demonstrations in just 11 hours. That’s a game changer for developers.

The GR00T N1 dataset and tools are now live on Hugging Face and GitHub. Are you ready to build your own robot?

Image Credit: NVIDIA