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U.S.-based robotics company producing the Fenris unmanned ground vehicle, the first American-made dual-use Group 2 UGV for defense and mining environments. Fenris can carry up to 500 pounds and operate autonomously. Founded by James Crowell, initially as a 3D mapping robot for mining, later expanded to defense after securing DoD contracts. Completed the U.S. Army's "Right to Integrate" sprint and plans manufacturing facility expansion in the Phoenix area.

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.