Nvidia recently revealed that numerous robotics manufacturers have embraced the company’s digital twin platform to replicate physical factories and recreate them in a real-time 3D graphics collaboration platform.
This innovative technology paves the way for a future where autonomous factories operated by AI-enabled robots can efficiently produce robots and other equipment by analyzing the inefficiencies of physical plants.
“The era of robotics is here. Everything that moves will eventually be autonomous,” stated Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. “We are dedicated to advancing generative physical AI through the NVIDIA robotics stack.”
The workflow platform integrates NVIDIA Metropolis vision AI, NVIDIA Omniverse physically based rendering and simulation, and NVIDIA Isaac AI robot development and deployment.
Nvidia’s Isaac Perceptor technology generates a computerized image of a factory worker for future analysis and testing in a virtual simulation.
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BYD Electronics, Siemens, Teradyne Robotics, and Intrinsic (an Alphabet company) are just a few of the robotics manufacturers worldwide that Nvidia mentioned are incorporating the Isaac robotics platform, simulation software, and AI models into their frameworks and robot designs.
Nvidia’s suite of five software products aims to establish virtual factories for simulation and testing. The ultimate objective, according to Nvidia, is to enhance the efficiency and safety of warehouses and distribution centers for their human employees, serving as intelligent human “assistants” for repetitive or highly precise tasks.
2024-06-05 17:51:02
Article from www.computerworld.com
