NVIDIA Omniverse Adds Tools and Partners to Bring Physical AI Into Factories

• New Blueprints help simulate robots, generate synthetic data, and design AI-powered industrial sites.
• Major companies like Mercedes-Benz, Foxconn, and SAP are adopting Omniverse to modernize operations.

At GTC, NVIDIA announced major updates to its Omniverse platform, which helps bring AI into real-world industries. Companies including Siemens, SAP, and Databricks are adding Omniverse to their software to speed the shift from manual processes to smart, automated systems in factories and industrial operations.

“Omniverse is an operating system that connects the world’s physical data to the realm of physical AI,” said Rev Lebaredian, vice president of Omniverse and simulation technology at NVIDIA in an official release from NVIDIA. “With Omniverse, global industrial software, data and professional services leaders are uniting industrial ecosystems and building new applications that will advance the next generation of AI for industries at unprecedented speed.”

NVIDIA introduced four new Omniverse Blueprints designed to support physical AI development. These include Mega for testing multi-robot fleets, an AI Blueprint for video search and summarization using the Metropolis platform, a digital twin toolkit for simulating AI factory layouts and infrastructure, and Isaac GR00T for generating synthetic motion data for humanoid robots. The Blueprints are built to work with NVIDIA Cosmos and Metropolis.

Manufacturers are already using these tools. Mercedes-Benz is testing humanoid robots for car assembly, while Hyundai is simulating robots from Boston Dynamics. Foxconn uses Omniverse and Mega to test and train humanoid robots in its factories. Logistics firms like KION Group also apply the platform to manage robotic fleets. To support broader adoption, Omniverse is now easier to access through major cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

“Foxconn is constantly exploring ways to transform our operations as we continue our journey toward building the factories of the future,” said Brand Cheng, CEO of Fii, a core subsidiary of Foxconn in a press release from NVIDIA. “Using NVIDIA Omniverse and Mega, we’re testing and training humanoids to operate in our leading factories as we advance to the next wave of physical AI.”

🌀 Tom's Take:

NVIDIA is showing that physical AI is no longer stuck in simulation. Industries are moving fast from planning to launch, and Omniverse is emerging as the key platform for testing, training, and deploying robots at scale. This means real transformation is happening in real factories.

Source: NVIDIA Newsroom