Nvidia expands robotics cooperation with Japanese companies, accelerating physical AI deployment

Odaily Planet Daily News Nvidia (NVDA.O) announced that it will expand its cooperation in the field of robotics development with four leading industrial automation companies in Japan, further advancing Jensen Huang's layout for the AI hardware business. Fujitsu, Fanuc, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Yaskawa Electric will join the Cosmos Alliance led by Nvidia. The alliance aims to accelerate the adoption of the Nvidia platform for developing what the industry calls "physical AI." Physical AI encompasses a wide range of hardware applications, including humanoid robots, factory automation, autonomous vehicles, as well as smart buildings and rail transit systems. Hitachi, NEC, Komatsu, and Kubota will also join the alliance.

Prior to the announcement of this cooperation, Nvidia intensively released a series of new technologies aimed at accelerating robot development this week, launching Cosmos 3-H, a lightweight version of its world foundation model for physical AI development that can run on edge computing devices. It also unveiled two robot computers, Jetson T3000 and Jetson T2000, whose product positioning falls between the flagship T4000 series and the AGX Orin platform.