Germany’s Agile to make up to 2,000 humanoid robots with Nvidia, CEO says

AMSTERDAM, Oct 21 (Reuters) Germany s Agile Robots plans to produce up to 2,000 petite humanoid robots next year under a partnership with Nvidia announced ​on Wednesday targeting universities and corporate research ‌labs, CEO Zhaopeng Chen said in an interview. Production of Agile ONE S and ONE SN models will begin by the end of this year, Chen said, adding that the company expects to produce ‌1,000-2,000, ​with Stanford University and ETH ⁠Zurich among potential customers. The ⁠SN model — N for Nvidia — has a jointly specified configuration, including dexterous hands, cameras and Nvidia s Jetson Thor onboard computer. At 1.4 meters tall and weighing about ​34 kilograms, the robots are smaller versions of Agile s full-sized humanoid models, making them easier and safer ⁠for researchers to handle. Munich-based Agile, ⁠a maker of industrial robots, is one ​of Europe s early contenders in humanoid robotics, along with NEURA ​and RobCo of Germany and Humanoid of Britain. Nvidia has ‌esta