At Computex/GTC Taipei June 1, 2026, NVIDIA announced Isaac GR00T reference humanoid combining Unitree H2 Plus body, Sharpa five-finger hands, and Jetson Thor with Blackwell GPU compute.
Research institutions Ai2, ETH Zurich, Stanford Robotics Center, and UC San Diego Advanced Robotics and Controls Laboratory plan to use the platform. No China-based institutions listed.
Unitree H2 Plus available late 2026. Unitree seeks 4.2 billion yuan ($620M) STAR board IPO reviewed same day. Rev Lebaredian: H2 Plus upgraded version available October 2026, “anyone can buy it.”
NVIDIA executives told Reuters they will pursue similar partnerships with US, European, and South Korean robotics firms. Secure boot and confidential computing validate firmware updates on NVIDIA chips.
US legislative efforts to restrict Unitree robots over alleged Chinese government and military ties provide geopolitical context.