Nvidia Unveils $3,499 ‘Robot Brain’ Chip to Power the Future of Robotics
Nvidia has officially launched its newest robotics chip module, the Jetson AGX Thor, priced at $3,499 for the developer kit. Marketed as a “robot brain,” the kit will begin shipping next month and is designed to help developers create advanced robots.
Once prototypes are ready, companies can purchase Thor T5000 modules for large-scale production, with bulk orders of 1,000 units or more priced at $2,999 each.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has highlighted robotics as the company’s biggest growth frontier outside artificial intelligence, which has already driven Nvidia’s revenues to more than triple in the past two years.
Deepu Talla, Nvidia’s vice president of robotics and edge AI, emphasized, “We don’t build robots or cars ourselves, but we provide the computing infrastructure and software that empower the entire industry.”
The Jetson Thor chips are built on Nvidia’s latest Blackwell GPU architecture, delivering performance up to 7.5 times faster than previous generations. With 128GB of memory, they can run large generative AI and visual models—crucial for humanoid robots and autonomous systems.
Industry leaders such as Agility Robotics, Amazon, Meta, and Boston Dynamics are already leveraging Nvidia’s Jetson technology, while the company has also invested in robotics startups like Field AI.
Although robotics currently contributes just about 1% of Nvidia’s revenue, the segment is growing rapidly. Nvidia recently merged its automotive and robotics divisions, which reported $567 million in quarterly sales in May—a 72% year-over-year surge.
Beyond robots, the Jetson Thor modules will also support self-driving cars, particularly in China, through Nvidia’s Drive AGX platform, which runs on the specialized Drive OS for automotive applications.
