I Am GR00T: NVIDIA's Humanoid Robot Development Platform
For decades, sci-fi has promised us truly capable, general-purpose humanoid robots. So, what’s taking so long? There are many unsolved problems in robotics that could take the blame for the delay, but the biggest problem of all may be accessibility. Robotics labs frequently spend years and millions of dollars troubleshooting proprietary actuators, balancing algorithms, and bespoke tactile hands to build a usable platform before they can even start working on higher level functions.
Relatively few people have the time and resources to take on an effort like this. In the world of robotics, there just aren’t enough cooks in the kitchen. People need the freedom to experiment with a technology to improve it, and we urgently need more ideas and experimentation in this area. Fortunately, there may be some hope on the horizon. More accessible development kits are being released than ever before, such as NVIDIA’s Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid...
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