Jensen Huang revealed NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1 at GTC 2025, an open foundation model for humanoid robots. Featuring a dual-system architecture that was inspired by principles of human cognition: “System 1”, a fast-thinking action model, mirroring human reflexes or intuition, and “System 2”, a slow-thinking model for deliberate, methodical decision-making.
Why is GR00T N1 a game changer? The model can easily generalize across common tasks — like grasping, moving objects with one or both arms — or perform multi-step tasks that require long context as well as combinations of general skills. These capabilities can also be applied across use cases such as material handling, packaging and inspection. Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Mentee Robotics and NEURA Robotics have already been granted early access.
The age of generalist robotics is here. With NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1 and new data-generation and robot-learning frameworks, robotics developers everywhere will open the next frontier in the age of AI,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
