Physical AI—robots working autonomously alongside people in factories, warehouses, hospitals, and homes—is arriving faster than most expected. Traditional safety which was built for structured environments can not work anymore as the spaces become more unstructured and robots move out of cages. AI-driven safety is the key.
Marking a major milestone in the arrival of physical AI, NVIDIA is today announcing the launch of NVIDIA Halos for Robotics which brings together powerful AI compute and safety in one single platform. NVIDIA Halos OS is a comprehensive, full-stack safety system built on years of NVIDIA investing in autonomous vehicle (AV) safety, now extended into the world of industrial robots, humanoids, and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). NVIDIA IGX Thor and NVIDIA Halos OS are the foundational hardware and software platform of NVIDIA Halos.
Agility, maker of the humanoid robot Digit, is incorporating NVIDIA IGX Thor and Halos OS into its proprietary safe human detection system—and joining the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab—to accelerate the development of safe humanoids for industrial environments. This adoption shows that the industry is ready to move beyond ad hoc safety implementations and toward a shared, standards-aligned foundation. Halos is that foundation.
