At CES 2026, Nvidia made a decisive move to position itself as the foundational platform for generalist robotics, unveiling a full stack of open AI models, simulation tools, and edge hardware designed to power robots that can reason, plan, and act across diverse real-world environments.  Much like Android became the default operating system for smartphones, Nvidia aims to provide the underlying intelligence layer for robotics as artificial intelligence moves out of the cloud

Nvidia is accelerating its push into what it calls physical AI by unveiling new open AI models and developer tools designed to advance autonomous driving and robotics research.  The centerpiece of this launch is Alpamayo R1, an open reasoning vision language model that the company describes as the first action-oriented model tailored specifically for autonomous driving. By combining visual perception with language-based reasoning, Alpamayo R1 allows vehicles to interpret the