Agile Robots and Nvidia Partner to Build Up to 2,000 Humanoid Research Bots

Munich-based Agile Robots plans to manufacture between 1,000 and 2,000 petite humanoid robots in 2027 through a newly announced partnership with Nvidia targeting university and corporate research laboratories. Production of the Agile ONE S and ONE SN models is scheduled to begin by the end of 2026, with Stanford University and ETH Zurich listed among potential customers. Standing 1.4 meters tall and weighing about 34 kilograms, the scaled-down humanoids are designed to be safer and easier for researchers to handle while gathering data and testing skills for eventual factory and warehouse use. The jointly specified ONE SN configuration integrates dexterous hands and cameras with Nvidia's Jetson Thor onboard computer and GR00T AI model, which Nvidia robotics product director Spencer Huang said could save labs two to three months of hardware integration work. "If we can bring researchers something that's already 80% of the way there, it accelerates their development." — Spencer Huang, Product Director for Robotics at Nvidia.