university-of-california-berkeley x nvidia

Public research university in Berkeley, California, founded 1868. A leading robotics research institution with the Robot Learning Lab (Pieter Abbeel), BAIR Lab (Berkeley AI Research), and Biomimetic Millisystems Lab. Pioneered deep reinforcement learning for robotics, aerial robot swarms, and micro-robotics. Notable spinouts include Safely You and [Covariant](/companies/covariant).

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.