NVIDIA announced the Isaac Gr00t reference design humanoid robot platform during Jensen Huang’s Computex keynote. This platform includes a nearly 6-foot tall Unitree H2 Plus humanoid robot, Sharpa five-fingered hands, and NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor onboard computing system.
The humanoid chassis weighs 150 pounds and boasts 31 degrees of freedom across its body. The Unitree H2 model is priced at $29,900, though only renders are currently available on Unitree’s website. The Gr00t platform will also support the less expensive Unitree G1 humanoid robot.
NVIDIA initially introduced its Gr00t N1 foundational model in March 2023. The robot features dual Sharpa Wave tactile five-finger hands, which provide 22 degrees of freedom, alongside multi-view sensing capabilities that include a head-mounted stereo camera, wrist cameras, and inertia measurement.
Whole-body control is incorporated, allowing for arm torque of up to 120 Newton-meters (88 foot pounds). Isaac Gr00t is powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Thor T5000 onboard computer, utilizing an NVIDIA Blackwell GPU and 128GB of unified memory. Its power settings can be configured within a range of 40 to 130 watts.
The robot is equipped with a 15Ah battery offering just under 1 kWh of capacity, enabling approximately three hours of operational endurance. No physical robot was showcased during the announcement; instead, Isaac Gr00t is presented as an open foundation humanoid development platform.
Several institutions, including Ai2, ETH Zurich, Stanford Robotics Center, and UC San Diego, are set to utilize the Isaac Gr00t reference design. Steve Cousins, executive director of the Stanford Robotics Center, stated, “Robotics moves fastest when researchers can build on open platforms, share code and test ideas on real machines.”
