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NVIDIA, Disney, and Google DeepMind Unveil Open-Source Physics Engine for Robotics

The Newton engine, showcased at NVIDIA's GTC 2025, powers lifelike Star Wars-inspired droids set to debut in Disney parks later this year.

Star Wars BDX droids at Disney's "Season of the Force" event.
Nvidia GTC 2025
An image about NVIDIA, Disney, and Google partner to bring Star Wars-inspired droids to life
Nvidia debuted it's latest collaboration with Disney and Google this week. 

Overview

  • Newton, a collaborative project by NVIDIA, Disney Research, and Google DeepMind, is designed to simulate robotic movements and optimize robot learning.
  • Built on NVIDIA Warp, the engine integrates with frameworks like Google DeepMind's MuJoCo-Warp and NVIDIA Isaac Lab.
  • Disney plans to deploy Newton-powered Star Wars-inspired droids in its theme parks, enhancing their expressiveness and precision.
  • NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduced Blue, a Star Wars-inspired robot, demonstrating Newton's real-time simulation capabilities.
  • The Newton engine will be released as open source later in 2025, enabling the global robotics community to contribute to its development.