NVIDIA announced partnerships with ABB Robotics, FANUC, KUKA, and YASKAWA at GTC 2026—manufacturers representing over 2 million installed robots globally. The collaborations focus on deploying AI-powered robots in production environments.
NVIDIA Omniverse and Isaac simulation for digital twin validation; Jetson modules embedded in robot controllers for edge AI inference. Manufacturers are incorporating these tools into virtual commissioning workflows to design, test, and optimize complete production lines before physical deployment.
New models: Isaac GR00T N1.6 for humanoid robots with full-body control; Cosmos Reason 2 for vision language understanding. Target: adaptable systems requiring less custom programming.
In Healthcare applications: CMR Surgical using Cosmos-H simulation for the Versius surgical system; Johnson & Johnson MedTech applying workflows to the Monarch Platform; Medtronic exploring NVIDIA IGX Thor for surgical robotics.
NVIDIA Inception program provides 40,000 robotics startups with computing resources and technical support. Integration with Hugging Face’s LeRobot framework connects NVIDIA’s 2 million robotics developers with 13 million AI builders.
