NVIDIA has announced the global availability of its Jetson AGX Thor developer kit and production modules, robotics computers designed to support industries such as manufacturing, logistics, transport, healthcare, agriculture and retail.
The new system is powered by NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPU and offers up to 7.5 times more AI compute and 3.5 times greater energy efficiency than its predecessor, Jetson Orin. It is designed to enable robots to carry out real-time reasoning and interactions with people and the physical world.
In an introductory video, Huang is seen writing a note for a gift box. It says, “To robot, enjoy your new brain!”
“We’ve built Jetson Thor for the millions of developers working on robotic systems that interact with and increasingly shape the physical world,” said Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA.
“With unmatched performance and energy efficiency, and the ability to run multiple generative AI models at the edge, Jetson Thor is the ultimate supercomputer to drive the age of physical AI and general robotics,” he added.
Industry Leaders Adopt Jetson Thor
Early adopters of this system include Agility Robotics, Amazon Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar, Figure AI, Hexagon, Medtronic and Meta. Companies such as John Deere, OpenAI and Physical Intelligence are currently evaluating the platform.
Brett Adcock, founder and CEO of Figure AI, said, “NVIDIA Jetson Thor’s server-class performance, delivered within a compact and power-efficient design, allows us to deploy the large-scale generative AI models necessary for our humanoids to perceive, reason and act in complex, unstructured environments.”
Adcock has also hinted at more potential collaborations with NVIDIA on his X a few days ago, where he posted a video with Huang signing a box labelled ‘NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell’.
Tye Brady, chief technologist at Amazon Robotics, added, “NVIDIA Jetson Thor offers the computational horsepower and energy efficiency necessary to develop and scale the next generation of AI-powered robots that can operate safely and effectively in dynamic, real-world environments.”
Technical Features and Availability
Jetson Thor is equipped with 128GB of memory and delivers up to 2,070 FP4 teraflops of AI compute within a 130-watt power envelope. It supports multi-AI workflows and is fully compatible with NVIDIA’s software stack, including Isaac for robotics simulation, Metropolis for vision AI and Holoscan for sensor processing.
The developer kit is available now, starting at $3,499. Jetson T5000 production modules can be purchased through global distribution partners, with production systems and carrier boards available from embedded partners.
