NVIDIA Unveils Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot for Academic Research

NVIDIA has announced an open humanoid robot reference design based on its Isaac GR00T platform for academic research. It integrates the Unitree H2 Plus robot, Sharpa 5-finger hand, Jetson Thor onboard computing, and Isaac GR00T software.

Tue Jun 02 2026

NVIDIA Introduces Open Humanoid Robot Reference Design

NVIDIA has launched an open humanoid robot reference design built upon the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T platform. This design combines the Unitree H2 Plus humanoid robot with the Sharpa five-finger hand for dexterous manipulation. It also incorporates NVIDIA Jetson Thor for advanced inference and control, along with NVIDIA Isaac GR00T open software and models. The platform covers data acquisition and generation, robot model evaluation, and deployment, aiming to accelerate humanoid robot development workflows for researchers and developers.

Collaboration and Utilization by Research Institutions

Leading research institutions, including Ai2, ETH Zurich, Stanford University's Robotics Research Center, and the University of California San Diego's Advanced Robotics and Controls Lab, are set to adopt this reference design to advance cutting-edge humanoid robot research. NVIDIA founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, stated, "Humanoid robots will bring physical AI to the world's largest industries, opening up trillions of dollars of economic opportunity." The NVIDIA Isaac GR00T reference humanoid robot is an advanced platform that integrates key foundational components required for advanced humanoid robot research into a single system, combining a life-sized robot body, dexterous manipulation capabilities, sensing, control, and onboard AI computing.

*Source: NVIDIA 台灣官方部落格- (2026-06-02)*

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