NVIDIA announced the general availability of the Jetson AGX Thor developer kit and production modules on August 25, 2025, powerful robotics computers designed to advance physical AI and robotics; the kit starts at $3,499. Powered by an NVIDIA Blackwell GPU and featuring 128GB of memory, Jetson Thor delivers up to 2,070 FP4 teraflops of AI compute, offering 7.5x more AI compute and 3.5x greater energy efficiency compared to its predecessor, the Jetson Orin. Early adopters of the new system include industry leaders such as Agility Robotics, Amazon Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar, Figure, Hexagon, Medtronic, and Meta, with evaluations also underway at 1X, John Deere, OpenAI, and Physical Intelligence; Brett Adcock, founder and CEO of Figure, and Tye Brady, chief technologist at Amazon Robotics, both highlighted the platform’s potential for advancing humanoid robotics and logistics, respectively, while Joe Creed, CEO of Caterpillar, noted its importance for developing autonomous construction and mining equipment.
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NVIDIA announced the general availability of the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor developer kit and production modules on August 25, 2025, designed as robotics computers for physical AI and robotics applications. Over 2 million developers are currently utilizing NVIDIA’s robotics stack, with early adopters of the Jetson Thor including companies such as Agility Robotics, Amazon Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar, Figure, Hexagon, Medtronic and Meta. Jetson Thor, powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU, delivers up to 7.5 times more AI compute and 3.5 times greater energy efficiency compared to its predecessor, the Jetson Orin.
The Jetson Thor addresses a significant challenge in robotics by enabling robots to have real-time, intelligent interactions with both people and the physical world, offering up to 2,070 FP4 teraflops of AI compute with 128GB of memory within a 130-watt power envelope. The system-on-module unlocks real-time inference, crucial for highly performant physical AI applications including humanoid robotics, agriculture, and surgical assistance. The Jetson Thor is powered by the full-stack NVIDIA Jetson software platform, which supports any popular AI framework and generative AI model, and is fully compatible with NVIDIA’s software stack from cloud to edge.
Since its inception in 2014, the NVIDIA Jetson platform and NVIDIA’s robotics stack have attracted over 2 million developers and a growing ecosystem of over 150 hardware, software, and sensor partners, with the Jetson Orin enabling over 7,000 customers to utilise edge AI across industries. Figure’s founder and CEO, Brett Adcock, stated that the development of capable humanoid robots depends on the ability to run powerful AI models directly on the robot, enabling real-time learning and interaction. Tye Brady, chief technologist at Amazon Robotics, noted that the future of robotics in logistics relies on deploying increasingly intelligent and autonomous systems, and that Jetson Thor offers the necessary computational horsepower and energy efficiency. Joe Creed, CEO of Caterpillar, indicated that edge computing is critical for real-time decision-making as autonomous machines tackle more complex tasks, and that Jetson Thor provides the required AI performance.
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor developer kit is available starting at $3,499, while Jetson T5000 production modules are available from worldwide distribution partners, with production systems and carrier boards available from embedded partners.
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The Jetson Thor delivers up to 7.5 times more AI compute and 3.5 times greater energy efficiency compared to its predecessor, the Jetson Orin, enabling the operation of any generative AI model, including NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1.5, large language models, and vision language models. Powered by an NVIDIA Blackwell GPU and featuring 128GB of memory, the system delivers up to 2,070 FP4 teraflops of AI compute within a 130-watt power envelope.
Since 2014, the NVIDIA Jetson platform and NVIDIA’s robotics stack have attracted over 2 million developers and a growing ecosystem of more than 150 hardware, software, and sensor partners, with the Jetson Orin enabling over 7,000 customers to utilise edge AI across industries. Early adopters of Jetson Thor include Agility Robotics, Amazon Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar, Figure, Hexagon, Medtronic, and Meta, while 1X, John Deere, OpenAI, and Physical Intelligence are currently evaluating the system to advance their physical AI capabilities.
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor developer kit is available now, starting at $3,499, and Jetson T5000 production modules are available from worldwide distribution partners, with production systems and carrier boards available through embedded partners.
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