Nvidia adds a reference humanoid from Agile Robots, Isaac Lab 3.0 and an Isaac OS runtime to its robot platform

Nvidia's GTC Berlin release of 21 October introduces Agile ONE SN, a reference humanoid made by Agile Robots and built on Nvidia's Isaac GR00T and Jetson Thor. The release says it stands 1.40 metres, weighs 40 kilograms, and has 31 degrees of freedom and a 3-kilogram payload per arm, with two WUJI Hand 2 hands of 20 degrees of freedom each. It is “Scheduled to be available in early 2027”, and its safety features are planned to integrate with Nvidia Halos. The release cites interest from institutions such as Stanford University and ETH Zurich.

Nvidia also made Isaac Lab 3.0 generally available and released Isaac OS, an open-source runtime on Holoscan for real-time robot control, plus three open reference workflows for its DGX Station. On Hugging Face it published a SimReady library of more than 2,000 simulation-ready assets and a Human 1M dataset of human activities with synchronised three-view video and 3D hand tracking.

The European robot makers the release names as building on the platform are ABB Robotics, Flexion, Hexagon Robotics, Humanoid, KUKA, NEURA Robotics, Sereact and Universal Robots. Huang is quoted saying “the ChatGPT moment for robotics is fast approaching”. The release gives no price for the humanoid and no order count. A reference design is a template for others to build on, not a product Nvidia sells in volume.

• Confirmed Agile ONE SN is 1.40 m tall and 40 kg, with 31 degrees of freedom, and is scheduled for early 2027. Nvidia, press release
• Confirmed Isaac Lab 3.0 is generally available, Isaac OS is released, and the SimReady library has more than 2,000 assets. Nvidia, press release
• Claimed Huang says “the ChatGPT moment for robotics is fast approaching”. Nvidia, press release