Nvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, a physics engine to simulate robotic movements in real-world settings, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at GTC 2025 on Tuesday. Disney will be among the first to use Newton to power its next-generation entertainment robots, like the Star Wars-inspired BDX droids — one © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

General Motors is turning to Nvidia to help bring AI to the physical world in an expanded collaboration designed to touch every aspect of the automaker’s business, including factories, robots, and self-driving cars.  Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who announced the partnership Tuesday during his keynote at the company’s GTC conference in San Jose, © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Nvidia is releasing what it’s calling an AI foundation model for humanoid robotics. Announced at GTC 2025 in San Jose, the model, dubbed Groot N1, is a “generalist” model, trained on both synthetic and real data. In a video introducing Groot N1, Nvidia says it features a “dual-system architecture” for “thinking fast and slow,” inspired © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Saudi Telecom Company (stc), a digital enabler in the Middle East in the telecommunication sector, and Juniper Networks, a contributor in secure, artificial intelligence (AI)-Native Networking, has announced that the two The post Juniper Networks boosts Saudi Telecom Company’s 5G security deployment with the power of automation appeared first on VanillaPlus - The global voice of Telecoms IT.

ForwardX Robotics, a Beijing-headquartered company that makes autonomous mobile robots (AMR), said Tuesday it has closed the initial tranche of its Series C funding round as it looks to expand globally. The startup is fundraising for the rest of its Series C round at a time investors are courting warehousing and manufacturing robot makers in © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.