NVIDIA has chosen Chinese humanoid maker Unitree Robotics for its first standardized humanoid robot platform, unveiled at GTC Taipei. The kit pairs Unitree's roughly six-foot H2 humanoid with NVIDIA's Jetson Thor onboard computing, five-fingered hands and a software stack — and ships to researchers in late 2026.
A reference design for humanoid research
The blueprint targets academic labs from Stanford to ETH Zurich, giving researchers a common hardware-and-software base instead of building humanoids from scratch. It deepens NVIDIA's push into physical AI and slots into the broader humanoid robots race — see our humanoid robotics market hub for the full landscape.
Why it matters
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has called humanoids a "multitrillion-dollar" opportunity, and Unitree is reportedly eyeing an IPO. The move mirrors a busy year for humanoid platforms, from Atlas at CES 2026 to 1X's NEO factory.