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NASA Ames Research Center is a NASA research facility in Mountain View, California, founded in 1939 as the second NACA laboratory. The center's Intelligent Robotics Group developed the [Astrobee](/models/astrobee) free-flying robotic system for use aboard the International Space Station, where three Astrobee robots (Bumble, Honey, and Queen) have been operating since 2019 to assist astronauts with research tasks, inventory, and maintenance. Ames also conducts research in aeronautics, entry systems, supercomputing, and space science.

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.