{"id":97801,"date":"2026-06-01T17:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=97801"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:25:16","slug":"nvidia-unitree-and-sharpa-unveil-humanoid-robotics-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/nvidia-unitree-and-sharpa-unveil-humanoid-robotics-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia, Unitree, and Sharpa Unveil Humanoid Robotics Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia has introduced the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, a research reference design for developing and testing humanoid robot skills. The configuration includes a Unitree H2 Plus body and Sharpa Wave tactile five-fingered hands, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharpa.com\/blogs\/news\/sharpa-brings-dexterous-tactile-manipulation-to-the-nvidia\">according to the press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The computational component is powered by Jetson Thor and Isaac GR00T software. In the basic configuration:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Unitree H2 Plus chassis standing about 183 cm tall and weighing 68 kg;<\/li>\n<li>31 degrees of freedom in the body;<\/li>\n<li>Two Sharpa Wave hands with 22 degrees of freedom;<\/li>\n<li>A total of 75 degrees of freedom across the body and arms;<\/li>\n<li>A stereo camera on the head, cameras on the wrists, and an inertial module.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3355402\/nvidia-unitree-and-sharpa-unite-design-humanoid-robot-can-perform-real-work?module=top_story&#038;pgtype=section\">media reports<\/a>, the hands are designed to handle loads of up to 7 kg in operational mode and up to 15 kg at peak.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a mass-produced industrial robot but a standardized research system. Nvidia is focusing on unification: a single platform for hardware integration, data collection, simulation, training, and skill transfer to a real machine.<\/p>\n<p>Among the first users are Ai2, ETH Zurich, Stanford Robotics Center, and the Advanced Robotics and Controls Laboratory at UC San Diego. The platform is also used in Nvidia&#8217;s internal research.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Focus on Security<\/h2>\n<p>Nvidia integrates Blackwell chips so that subsystem updates pass through the company&#8217;s computational module with code authentication. The same mechanisms used in Nvidia&#8217;s server infrastructure are employed.<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to scale the project in collaboration with humanoid manufacturers from the US, Europe, and South Korea, but does not disclose partner names.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Unitree <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/unitree-introduces-a-manned-robot-ready-for-production\">introduced<\/a> the &#8220;world&#8217;s first ready-for-mass-production&#8221; piloted robot. The android can move on both two and four limbs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Japan Airlines, in collaboration with GMO AI &#038; Robotics, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/humanoid-robots-to-handle-luggage-and-cleaning-at-tokyo-airport\">launched trials<\/a> of humanoid robots for ground operations at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia has introduced the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, a research reference design for developing and testing humanoid robot skills. The configuration includes a Unitree H2 Plus body and Sharpa Wave tactile five-fingered hands, according to the press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot for research and development.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1294,652],"class_list":["post-97801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-nvidia","tag-robots"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"9","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot for research and development.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97803,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97801\/revisions\/97803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}