NVIDIA releases Isaac GR00T reference humanoid built on Unitree H2 and Jetson Thor

NVIDIA released an open humanoid robot reference design built on Unitree's H2 chassis, Sharpa Wave hands and a Jetson AGX Thor T5000 compute module. It is paired with the Isaac GR00T open development stack for teleoperation, simulation and training. Unitree will sell the robot in late 2026, and the release gives no price.

• Unitree H2 chassis with Sharpa Wave hands; 75 degrees of freedom across body and hands
• Jetson AGX Thor T5000 on board, rated 2,070 FP4 teraflops (NVIDIA claim)
• Robot available from Unitree in late 2026; no price given
• Research users named include Ai2, ETH Zurich and Stanford Robotics Center