Nvidia to work with US, European humanoid robot makers in addition to China's Unitree

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The robot's ​body will come from Unitree, its hands will come from Singapore-headquartered Sharpa, ⁠and the computing brains of the device will come from Nvidia. Nvidia said ​that researchers at Stanford University and the University of California San Diego, among others, plan ​to use the machines.

Unitree, whose dancing robots were the centerpiece of China's Spring Festival gala earlier this year, is pursuing a public listing in China.

But U.S. lawmakers have alleged that Unitree has extensive ties to ​the Chinese government and military and have introduced a bill that would ban use of ​the firm's robots by researchers who receive U.S. government funding. Skip to main content

Nvidia to work with US, European humanoid robot makers in addition to China's Unitree

By Stephen Nellis

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 (Reuters) - Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab plans to work with humanoid robot makers in the U.S., Europe and South Korea in addition to China's Unitree to build robots ​for researchers, according to the AI chip company's executives.

After CEO Jensen Huang's ‌keynote address in Taiwan on Monday ahead of the Computex trade show, Nvidia announced that the company is working with China's Unitree, a leading maker of humanoid robots, to provide a standardized ​version of Unitree's H2 robot that can be used by academic researchers. Middle Eastcategory · · 10 mins ago

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