{"id":"ab454c98-28fe-46ed-bf75-c1c2e15e8536","slug":"gr00t-n1","name":"GR00T N1 (Isaac GR00T)","description":"NVIDIA's open humanoid foundation model and the first of its kind to be released openly. A dual-system VLA: System 2 uses NVIDIA-Eagle plus SmolLM-1.7B as the VLM at roughly 10 Hz; System 1 is a diffusion transformer producing real-time motor actions. Jointly trained end-to-end on real-robot trajectories, human videos, and synthetic data. Part of the broader Isaac GR00T platform that includes Isaac Lab, Omniverse, and Cosmos.","brainType":"foundation-model","isOpen":true,"maturityStage":"research","architecture":"Dual-system VLA. System 2: VLM (NVIDIA-Eagle + SmolLM-1.7B) at roughly 10 Hz. System 1: diffusion transformer producing real-time motor actions. Jointly trained end-to-end on real-robot trajectories, human videos, and synthetic data. Runs on Jetson AGX Thor at the edge.","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/","label":"NVIDIA Newsroom: GR00T N1 announcement (primary)"},{"url":"https://investor.nvidia.com/","label":"NVIDIA Investor Relations"},{"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14734","label":"arXiv 2503.14734: GR00T N1 paper"},{"url":"https://research.nvidia.com/labs/gear/gr00t-n1_5/","title":"GR00T N1.5: An Improved Open Foundation Model for Generalist Humanoid Robots (Jun 2025)","sourceName":"NVIDIA Research (GEAR Lab)"},{"url":"https://research.nvidia.com/labs/gear/gr00t-n1_6/","title":"GR00T N1.6 (Dec 2025; Cosmos-2B reasoning VLM, 2x DiT, state-relative action chunks)","sourceName":"NVIDIA Research (GEAR Lab)"},{"url":"https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-accelerates-robotics-research-and-development-with-new-open-models-and-simulation-libraries","title":"NVIDIA accelerates robotics R&D: Newton physics engine, GR00T N1.6, Cosmos (CoRL 2025)","sourceName":"NVIDIA Newsroom"},{"url":"https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-open-humanoid-robot-reference-design","title":"NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot for academic research (Unitree H2 Plus + Sharpa hands; GTC Taipei, late May/Jun 1 2026)","sourceName":"NVIDIA Newsroom"},{"url":"https://github.com/NVIDIA/Isaac-GR00T","title":"NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1.7: code Apache-2.0, weights NVIDIA Open Model License (fully commercially licensable)","sourceName":"NVIDIA GitHub"},{"url":"https://huggingface.co/nvidia/GR00T-N1-2B","title":"nvidia/GR00T-N1-2B model card (original N1 weights = NVIDIA OneWay NONCOMMERCIAL license)","sourceName":"Hugging Face / NVIDIA"},{"url":"https://bostondynamics.com/news/boston-dynamics-expands-collaboration-with-nvidia/","title":"Boston Dynamics expands NVIDIA collaboration (Atlas 'early adopter' in development; partner-side)","sourceName":"Boston Dynamics"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Cross-embodiment","value":"Single-arm to bimanual humanoid; broad developer community via NVIDIA Isaac. Dual-system VLA (System 2 VLM + System 1 diffusion transformer)."},{"label":"Model lineage (current)","value":"N1 (Mar 2025 GTC) -> N1.5 (Jun 2025; frozen Eagle-2.5 VLM, FLARE loss, DreamGen data) -> N1.6 (Dec 2025; internal Cosmos-2B reasoning VLM, 2x DiT, state-relative action chunks) -> N1.7 (current, Early Access in the Isaac-GR00T repo). There is NO 'GR00T N2'; do not create one."},{"label":"License evolution (load-bearing)","value":"The franchise moved from NONCOMMERCIAL to commercial-open. Original GR00T-N1-2B weights shipped under the NVIDIA OneWay Noncommercial License (open weights but noncommercial). N1.7 flipped to fully commercial: code Apache-2.0, weights NVIDIA Open Model License, 'fully commercially licensable.' isOpen=true holds (downloadable weights) but the N1-specific noncommercial qualifier matters. Verify N1.5/N1.6 model-card licenses directly before asserting commercial use of those two versions."},{"label":"Partner-verification matrix (verified-vs-claimed)","value":"PARTNER-CONFIRMED (all research/development tier, NOT production): Boston Dynamics Atlas ('early adopter, in development', BD's own release), Unitree (co-announced the GR00T Reference Robot + G1 benchmark platform), Sharpa (reference-robot hands). NVIDIA-ASSERTED demos only: Fourier GR-1, 1X NEO, Agility Digit, Franka/Techman ('evaluating'). AGGREGATOR-INFLATED - do NOT log as GR00T deployments: Apptronik Apollo (primary brain is Google DeepMind Gemini; GR00T is secondary integration), Figure (competitor; runs its own Helix on own hardware), Sanctuary/XPENG (2024 logo-slide only). General rule: an NVIDIA ecosystem-partner logo is a platform relationship at most, never a production GR00T deployment. No verified PRODUCTION GR00T deployment exists on any platform."},{"label":"Broader physical-AI stack","value":"Three-computer stack: Isaac Sim / Isaac Lab (train), Cosmos world-foundation-models (Cosmos Reason / Predict / Transfer; synthetic data), Jetson AGX Thor + GR00T (runtime). Newton physics engine = NVIDIA + Google DeepMind + Disney Research, open-source on Warp + OpenUSD, shipping in Isaac Lab (beta Sept 2025)."},{"label":"Reference robot (GTC Taipei, late May/Jun 1 2026)","value":"NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot: Unitree H2 Plus chassis (~6 ft, 150 lb, 31 DoF) + Sharpa Wave tactile hands + Jetson AGX Thor. A reference design for academic research (Ai2, ETH Zurich, Stanford, UC San Diego), available from Unitree late 2026 - research-tier, not a competing commercial robot."},{"label":"Powered-models flagged (not in registry yet)","value":"NEURA 4NE-1, MiPA (NEURA Cognitive Stack builds atop GR00T); broader cross-embodiment targets. Preserved from prior wiring; not re-verified this pass."},{"label":"Released / hosted","value":"GTC announcement March 18, 2025 (arXiv 2503.14734); N1.6-3B on Hugging Face; GR00T N1.5 integrated into HF LeRobot."}],"aliases":["GR00T","GR00T N1","Isaac GR00T","GR00T N1.5"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"builtOnBrainId":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T14:06:07.294Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-04T00:14:37.582Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"SoftwareApplication","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/brains/gr00t-n1","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/brains/gr00t-n1","name":"GR00T N1 (Isaac GR00T)","alternateName":["GR00T","GR00T N1","Isaac GR00T","GR00T N1.5"],"description":"NVIDIA's open humanoid foundation model and the first of its kind to be released openly. A dual-system VLA: System 2 uses NVIDIA-Eagle plus SmolLM-1.7B as the VLM at roughly 10 Hz; System 1 is a diffusion transformer producing real-time motor actions. Jointly trained end-to-end on real-robot trajectories, human videos, and synthetic data. Part of the broader Isaac GR00T platform that includes Isaac Lab, Omniverse, and Cosmos.","identifier":"ab454c98-28fe-46ed-bf75-c1c2e15e8536","applicationCategory":"foundation-model","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"research","lifecycle_state":null,"architectural_position":{"cohort":null,"sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":10,"primary_source_types":["code-repository","model-repository","preprint","primary-company-ir"]}}}