Nvidia wants to be the Android of generalist robotics 

At CES 2026, Nvidia unveiled a comprehensive robotics ecosystem aimed at becoming the default platform for generalist robotics, analogous to Android’s role in smartphones. This ecosystem includes new open foundation models—such as Cosmos Transfer 2.5, Cosmos Predict 2.5, a vision language model (VLM), and Isaac GR00T N1.6—that enable robots to reason, plan, and adapt across diverse tasks and environments, moving beyond narrow, task-specific bots. Nvidia also introduced Isaac Lab-Arena, an open-source simulation framework designed to safely and efficiently test robotic capabilities in virtual environments, addressing the high cost and risk of physical validation. Supporting this ecosystem is Nvidia OSMO, an open-source command center that integrates workflows from data generation to training across desktop and cloud platforms. To power these innovations, Nvidia launched the Jetson T4000 graphics card, delivering 1200 teraflops of AI compute with efficient power consumption, targeting cost-effective on-device processing. Nvidia is