LAS VEGAS — As the broader tech industry begins a massive effort to bring humanoid robots to life, Nvidia (NVDA) is touting its latest robotics advancements at CES 2026.
During the company’s keynote on Monday, CEO Jensen Huang revealed that companies ranging from Boston Dynamics and Caterpillar (CAT) to LG Electronics and NEURA Robotics are using Nvidia’s robotics technology to develop and drive a variety of robots.
Nvidia claims that physics AI can revolutionize the $50 trillion manufacturing and logistics industry, and the company wants to be at the center of it all.
During CES, Nvidia showed off a variety of new artificial intelligence models to help train robots to interact with the world around them, as well as the hardware needed to power their digital brains.
In addition to humanoid robots, Nvidia also showed off a new model series of self-driving cars called Alpamayo. According to the company, Alpamayo uses a visual language action (VLA) model based on thought chain reasoning.
There’s a lot to consider, but essentially, these models can identify unique driving situations that may not occur during regular driving and suggest the right way forward.
For example, as a vehicle approaches an intersection, the model can see the traffic lights go off, identify the problem, and try to figure out what to do next.
Nvidia says the models are intended to serve as “large teacher models that developers can fine-tune and refine into the backbone of their complete models.” [self-driving] stack. “
In other words, Alpamayo is designed to help developers improve their self-driving car technology over time.
Nvidia said companies including Lucid (LCID), Uber (UBER) and Berkeley DeepDrive have shown interest in Alpamayo.
Self-driving cars are hitting the road around the world, with Google’s Waymo leading the way, but they’re still not perfect. Some cars caused traffic jams and in some cases became chaotic.
Nvidia sees virtual training as a useful solution as the technology continues to evolve, allowing developers to teach their AI models without having to keep cars on the road.
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