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The chipmaking giant Nvidia is incline more heavy into robotics in 2025 . More specifically , in thefirst half of the novel class , confirms the Financial Times , Nvidia is launching a new genesis of compact computers for humanoid robot called Jetson Thor .
The move , which was expected , is part of an evolving , old age - prospicient scheme . Nvidia does n’t design to compete directly with producer like Tesla but rather provide the “ hundreds of thousands ” of robot makers in the world with a form of underlying OEM , as its vice chairman of robotics , Deepu Talla , tell newsman last calendar month in Tokyo .
As for why now , Talla tells the FT that the shift owes to two technological breakthroughs : the explosion of procreative AI role model , and the power to train robots on them using simulated surround .
What Nvidia is n’t aver but is also plainly the case : Its push into AI - power robot derive as major client like Amazon and Google work to decrease their dependency on the outfit ’s AI chips by developing their own .
Above : Tesla ’s humanoid robot , Optimus ; Nvidia has said it supply Tesla with tech to build up the machine .
