Nvidia to Collaborate with Korean Companies and Others on Research Robot Development

"Nvidia to Collaborate with Korean Companies and Others on Research Robot Development"

Reuters reported on the 1st (local time), citing anonymous Nvidia executives, that Nvidia plans to cooperate with robot companies in the U.S., Europe, and Korea, in addition to China's Unitree Robotics, to develop research robots.

After Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote speech at 'GTC Taipei' held at the Taipei Music Center in Taiwan on the same day, Nvidia executives stated that they are collaborating with Unitree to provide a standardized version of the H2 humanoid robot for use by academic researchers.

They explained that the robot's body is made by Unitree, its hands by Sharpa in Singapore, and its computing system by Nvidia.

They added that researchers from institutions such as Stanford University and UCLA San Diego plan to use this robot.

Nvidia executives told Reuters that they also plan to pursue projects similar to the Unitree collaboration model with robot companies outside of China.

However, Reuters reported that they did not disclose the names of their collaboration partners in the U.S., Korea, and Europe, as these plans have not yet been made public.

These executives explained that the collaboration with Unitree aims to strengthen the cybersecurity of Unitree's research robots.

For example, software updates for each subsystem of the robot must pass through Nvidia chips, allowing the Nvidia chips to verify the authenticity of the update code.

Nvidia also added that by directly integrating its latest Blackwell chips into the Unitree robot body, Nvidia will apply the same cybersecurity features to protect data center servers.

Reuters explained that this security technology, known as secure boot and confidential computing, aims to prevent robots from executing malicious code and to prevent sensitive data from being exfiltrated from the robot without authorization.