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Nvidia Launches Jetson AGX Thor ‘Robot Brain’ and T5000 Modules for Edge AI Robotics

Nvidia is pitching Blackwell-based modules to run multiple generative models on-device for robots using its Isaac software stack.

The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor developer kit is available now starting at $3,499.
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Overview

  • Developer kits are on sale at $3,499, with Thor T5000 production modules offered to OEMs at $2,999 each for orders of 1,000 or more.
  • Powered by Blackwell GPUs, the system delivers up to about 2,070 FP4 TFLOPS with 128GB of memory in a roughly 130-watt envelope, claiming 7.5× the AI compute and 3.5× the energy efficiency versus Jetson Orin.
  • The platform is designed to run multiple language and vision models at the edge so humanoid, industrial and service robots can perceive, reason and act in real time without cloud roundtrips.
  • Early users include Amazon Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics and Caterpillar, with Meta, OpenAI, John Deere and Medtronic reported as evaluating the system.
  • Shipment timing is reported inconsistently, with Nvidia indicating first kits ship next month and one outlet citing November 20, while Nvidia shares rose about 2% on the news and robotics remains a small but fast-growing slice of revenue ($567 million last quarter, up 72% year over year, in the combined auto/robotics unit).