tsukuba-university x nvidia

[University of Tsukuba](/companies/tsukuba-university) robotics research includes the Cybernetics Lab and humanoid robot research programs. Tsukuba is adjacent to AIST and has contributed to Japan's national robotics ecosystem, particularly in assistive devices and gait rehabilitation robotics including the HAL exoskeleton origins.

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.