AeiROBOT x NVIDIA GR00T Inception

[AeiROBOT](/companies/aeirobot) is a Korean humanoid robotics company spun out from the HERoEHS robotics laboratory at Hanyang University ERICA in Ansan, developing the [ALICE](/models/aeirobot-alice-m1) humanoid robot platform for industrial manufacturing, shipbuilding, and construction. The company's ALICE M1 wheeled humanoid features 7-DOF arms, adjustable height (1.3 to 1.7 m), and NVIDIA GR00T AI for task-level autonomy in high-mix production environments. AeiROBOT is a founding member of the K-Humanoid Alliance, received South Korea's first Regulatory Sandbox approval for humanoid factory deployments, and was featured in NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's CES 2026 keynote. The company plans to supply approximately 20 robots in 2026 before beginning full-scale commercial shipments in 2027

World leader in accelerated computing and AI (NASDAQ: NVDA). In physical AI, NVIDIA develops the Isaac robotics platform: the GR00T open foundation model, Jetson edge compute (AGX Thor), Isaac Lab and Isaac Sim simulation environments, and Omniverse. NVIDIA positions itself as the platform layer for the humanoid industry. Developer of [GR00T N1](/brains/gr00t-n1), the first open humanoid foundation model.