The most powerful robot brain ever, breathing soul into the next generation of humanoid robots
At the frontier where artificial intelligence meets the physical world, embodied intelligence is becoming the core of the next technological revolution. As a global leader in accelerated computing, NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Thor developer kit is the ultimate computing platform built specifically for this future.
This groundbreaking “robot brain” not only redefines the performance standards for edge AI but also paves the way for humanoid robot applications across various industries.
Disruptive Performance: A Quantum Leap in Machine Intelligence
Jetson Thor, built on NVIDIA’s revolutionary Blackwell GPU architecture, delivers unprecedented computing performance. Equipped with 128GB of memory, it provides up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS of AI computing power while maintaining power consumption within 130 watts.
Compared to the previous generation Jetson AGX Orin, Jetson Thor achieves a 7.5x improvement in AI computing performance and a 3.5x improvement in energy efficiency. This performance leap enables robots to run multimodal AI models at the edge in real-time, including large language models (LLMs), vision language models (VLMs), and vision language action models (VLAs).
Multi-Industry Applications: Empowering Infinite Possibilities for Physical AI
1. Industrial Automation and Manufacturing
In industrial environments, Jetson Thor enables robots to perform repetitive, heavy, or hazardous tasks. Its high-speed sensor processing capability allows robots to quickly identify and grasp objects while using vision language models for environmental reasoning and obstacle avoidance.
Global leading engineering machinery company Caterpillar has adopted Jetson Thor to develop and deploy future construction and mining equipment, improving precision, reducing waste, and enhancing safety.
2. Logistics and Warehousing
The future of robotics in logistics depends on deploying smarter, more autonomous systems. Jetson Thor provides the necessary computing power and energy efficiency to develop and scale next-generation AI-driven robots.
Amazon Robotics is using Jetson Thor to enhance the intelligence of its logistics automation systems. Chief Technologist Tye Brady stated: “Jetson Thor provides the necessary computing power and energy efficiency to help develop and scale next-generation AI-driven robots that can operate safely and efficiently in dynamic real-world environments.”
Agility Robotics has used NVIDIA Jetson in its fifth-generation Digit robot and plans to use Jetson Thor as the computing core for the sixth-generation Digit, further enhancing its capability to perform logistics tasks such as stacking, loading, and palletizing in warehouse and manufacturing environments.
3. Healthcare
In the medical field, Jetson Thor-powered surgical assistance robots provide real-time guidance to surgeons through multiple camera data streams and the Holoscan sensor processing platform.
Industry leaders such as Medtronic have adopted Jetson Thor to develop next-generation medical robotics solutions. Thor can process data from multiple high-resolution cameras combined with vision language models to generate precise visual reasoning, assisting doctors in navigating complex surgeries.
4. Breakthroughs in Humanoid Robotics
Humanoid robot company Figure has integrated Jetson Thor into its robotic systems. Founder and CEO Brett Adcock emphasized: “NVIDIA Jetson Thor’s server-level performance in a compact and efficient design enables us to deploy the massive generative AI models needed to make humanoid robots perceive, reason, and act in complex unstructured environments.”
Boston Dynamics is integrating Jetson Thor into its advanced humanoid robot Atlas, which will equip Atlas with computing capabilities previously only available in servers.
5. Agriculture and Resource Extraction
In challenging environments such as agriculture and resource extraction, robots need to perform tasks under harsh conditions. Jetson Thor’s high performance and energy efficiency enable it to run complex AI models in these environments.
John Deere is evaluating Jetson Thor to enhance the physical AI capabilities of its agricultural automation equipment.
Technological Innovation: Achieving True Embodied Intelligence
Jetson Thor’s Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) technology can partition multiple independent hardware partitions, ensuring parallel processing of AI “slow thinking” tasks and millisecond-level motion control “fast reaction” tasks. This capability is crucial for the “stability” of humanoid robots, ensuring reliability in dynamic actions such as walking and grasping.
Its native support for FP4 quantization technology and next-generation Transformer engine enables dynamic switching between FP4 and FP8 precision, combined with speculative decoding technology, improving generative AI inference speed by up to 5x compared to the previous generation. This allows robots to quickly complete higher-level reasoning tasks such as scene understanding, natural language interaction, and complex task planning.
Jetson Thor also provides rich interfaces, including 4-way 25GbE QSFP slots, multi-channel MIPI CSI-2 camera interfaces, and more, enabling seamless integration with existing robot platforms. On the software side, it is compatible with NVIDIA’s full-stack toolchain, significantly reducing the barrier to entry for developers.
Global Ecosystem Support: Leading the New Era of Robotic Technology
NVIDIA has built an AI ecosystem centered around DGX, AGX (Jetson Thor), and Omniverse, providing end-to-end support for robotics development. The DGX platform handles large model training, Omniverse provides a virtual environment for testing, and Jetson Thor handles edge deployment. This collaborative working model forms a seamless closed loop from cloud to edge.
Over 2 million developers and 7,000 companies worldwide are already using the Jetson platform. In addition to the companies mentioned above, AI leaders such as Meta, OpenAI, and Physical Intelligence are also evaluating Jetson Thor to enhance their physical AI capabilities.
Hexagon, a global leader in digital reality solutions, is also adopting Jetson Thor to advance its intelligent devices.
Availability: Start Your Robotics Revolution Today
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor developer kit is now available, priced at $3,499. The Jetson T5000 production modules and Thor developer kit can be purchased through TWOWIN Technology.Twowin is NVIDIA NPN Partner, 11 years of industry experience.
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