Nvidia Collaborates With Disney And Google To Develop Newton For Robot Humanoids

Nvidia, Disney Research, and Google DeepMind Collaboration (photo: Nvidia)

JAKARTA - Nvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, an open source physics machine used to advance robotic learning and development.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that Newton will allow robotics experts to freely use and distribute the framework and develop their own humanoid robots.

Newton's foundations are built on NVIDIA Warp, which provides an easy way for developers to write GPU accelerated kernel-based programs for AI simulations, robotics, and machine learning (ML).

Newton is also expected to help robots become more expressive and able to learn how to handle complex tasks with higher precision.

This physics machine is designed to help developers simulate the way robots interact with nature, which can sometimes be a challenge for robotics developers.

Through this collaboration, Disney Research will be the first to use Newton to improve his robotic character that drives next-generation entertainment robots, such as Star Wars-inspired BDX.

Droid BDX is just the beginning. We are committed to presenting more characters. This collaboration will allow us to create a new generation of more expressive and interesting robotic characters than ever before, said Kyle Laughlin, SVP, Walt Disney Imaginering Research and Development in its official broadcast.

Newton will also be compatible with Google DeepMind's robotic development tool ecosystem, including the physics machine, MuJoCo, which simulates multi-send robot movements.