NVIDIA GTC 2026 — Physical AI, GR00T N2, and Jetson Thor
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Participated in NVIDIA GTC 2026 as an NVIDIA Developer Advocate, engaging with the community around the major Physical AI announcements including:
- GR00T N2 — Next-generation foundation model for humanoid robots trained entirely in simulation
- Jetson Thor — New edge AI SoC with Transformer Engine 3.0, 800 TFLOPS FP8 in a 50W envelope
- Newton 1.0 — Open-source physics engine GA release with MuJoCo Warp achieving up to 475x speedups
- World Action Model (WAM) — Physics-grounded reasoning for translating semantic commands into kinematic constraints
Delivered live technical demos and connected with researchers, developers, and industry partners to drive adoption of the NVIDIA Physical AI stack.