NVIDIA's Isaac Gr00t platform gives researchers access to frontier humanoid robotics

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Nvidia's Isaac Gr00 platform is giving researchers access to frontier humanoid robotics. More on that coming up, but first AMD just released the Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card globally after it came out in China last year. The GRE stands for Golden Rabbit Edition, though sometimes it's referred to as the Great Radeon Edition.
This mid-range GPU costs $549.
The RX 9070 is designed to offer PC players a budget-friendly entry point into 1440p gaming. It features 12GB of video memory and full support for the company's Fidelity FX Super Resolution 4.1 FSR 4.1 upscaling technology. It was built on AMD's RDNA 4 architecture, which features enhanced AI compute acceleration and next-gen ray tracing capabilities.
In big tech news, Google has announced that it will open a flagship store in Tokyo, Japan. The Google Store Omotesando will be the company's first retail store outside the US. For the most part, visitors to the store can see and purchase a wide range of Google products and partner brands, including Google Pixel smartphones, Google Nest products, Google Fitbit devices, and accessories. They will also be able to try out Google's latest AI experiences and see Google services in action. Plus, much like Apple's Genius Bar, the Google Store will have staff who can perform on-site Google Pixel repairs, help with setup, and troubleshoot. There will also be in-store workshops when the Omotesando store opens this summer. According to Google, the decision to open a store in Tokyo mirrors when the company opened its first international office in Japan. Yes, technically, this is Google's first full-on store outside the US. In Canada, Google offers store-within-a-store shops at some best-buy locations. Remember, you can find the latest Engadget News, reviews, price drops, and more right now at engadget.com.

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As part of his AI Palooza Computex Keynote, Nvidia's Jensen Wong dove into the most relatable form of artificial intelligence, robots. The company announced the new Isaac Groot Reference Design Humanoid Robot Platform that combines a Unitree H2 Plus Humanoid Robot, Sharpa Five-Fingered Hands, and Nvidia Jensen Thor Onboard Compute. That's tied together with Nvidia's Groot Open Software and models designed to help researchers and developers accelerate humanoid development workflows. The platform uses a nearly 6-foot-tall Unitree H2 Humanoid Chassis that weighs 150 pounds with 31 degrees of freedom across the body. The H2 model is listed on Unitree's website for $29,900, though the company has only shown renders on its website. The Groot developer platform will also support the cheaper Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot. Nvidia first revealed its Groot N1 foundational model in March. The chassis is married to dual Sharpa Wave tactile five-finger hands with 22 degrees of freedom, multi-view sensing including a head-mounted stereo camera, wrist cameras and inertia measurement along with whole body control with arm torque of up to 120 Newton meters, 88 foot-pounds.
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