Meta teamed up with Chinese robotics firm Fourier to build Max, a 5-foot, 106-pound humanoid robot designed to handle household chores. Built in just three months and powered by Nvidia’s Jetson Thor chip, the prototype gives Meta a physical testbed to train real-world AI and take on Tesla’s Optimus.
Nvidia just unveiled a suite of simulation tools and NIM microservices that let developers teleoperate humanoid robots using Apple's Vision Pro. By tracking hand gestures through the headset, Nvidia's MimicGen service generates synthetic training data from minimal demonstrations, slashing the time and cost needed to train models like Project Groot.
NVIDIA just announced a full suite of services, models, and computing platforms for humanoid robot developers at SIGGRAPH. Key additions include new NIM microservices for synthetic motion data, an OSMO orchestration cloud service that cuts development cycles from months to under a week, and a teleoperation workflow using Apple Vision Pro to turn tiny amounts of human demonstration into massive training data. Early access is now open via NVIDIA's developer program.
