Teradyne Robotics and its partners will present AI-driven robotics solutions at NVIDIA GTC 2025 in San Jose, California. This marks the first public demonstration of the AI Accelerator, a toolkit developed by Universal Robots, a Teradyne Robotics company, designed to integrate AI capabilities into collaborative robots (cobots). The technology, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA, aims to enhance robots’ ability to perceive, learn, and adapt to dynamic environments.
The AI Accelerator is built to integrate with Universal Robots’ PolyScope X software platform, utilizing NVIDIA Isaac™ accelerated libraries and AI models powered by the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin™ system-on-module. The toolkit enables AI-powered applications in areas such as dynamic metrology, generative AI-driven programming, reinforcement learning, and bimanual assembly. Five robotics companies will showcase applications leveraging the AI Accelerator at the conference.
3D Infotech will present a dynamic metrology solution using a UR3e cobot, which scans workpieces, compares them to CAD models, and projects detected inaccuracies onto the surface. T-Robotics will demonstrate GenAI-driven programming with a UR5e cobot that translates natural language descriptions into robot programs for CNC machine tending. AICA will showcase reinforcement learning assembly, featuring a UR5e cobot that performs contact-rich gear assembly using AI-powered perception and learning. Acumino will highlight a bimanual assembly system in which a UR5e cobot learns complex manipulation tasks from human demonstrations to complete electrical cable handling. Groundlight will introduce a workpiece detection system that trains an AI model to generate robot programs for streamlined picking operations.
The latest version of the AI Accelerator, 1.1, integrates NVIDIA Isaac ROS Manipulator components for improved pose estimation and path planning. It also supports high-speed GMSL connectivity for vision sensors and operates on PolyScope X 10.8. In addition to applications for Universal Robots’ cobots, the AI Accelerator also benefits Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), another Teradyne company. The MiR1200 Pallet Jack, featured at GTC, leverages 3D vision and the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin module for precise pallet detection and handling.
Teradyne Robotics Chief AI Officer James Davidson emphasized the role of AI in enabling cobots to operate in dynamic environments, such as warehouses and construction sites. He will discuss these advancements in a GTC Lightning Talk titled “Accelerating AI-Driven Robotics with Universal Robots” on March 18 at 2 PM PST.
