NVIDIA Isaac™ ROS (Robot Operating System) is a collection of NVIDIA® CUDA®-accelerated computing packages and AI models designed to streamline and expedite the development of advanced AI robotics applications. Built on the open-source ROS 2™ software framework, Isaac ROS leverages NVIDIA-accelerated libraries and AI models to fast-track AI robot development and deployment workflows.

Features

• Open Ecosystem: Built on ROS 2, enabling millions of developers to utilize NVIDIA-accelerated libraries and AI models.
• Hardware Acceleration: Includes NVIDIA Isaac Transport for ROS (NITROS), which allows ROS 2 applications to fully leverage GPU hardware acceleration.
• High-Throughput Perception: Offers a rich collection of individual ROS packages (GEMs) and complete pipelines optimized for NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA Jetson™ platforms.
• Modular, Flexible Packages: Provides plug-and-play packages for computer vision, image processing, object detection, collision detection, and trajectory optimization.
• AI Integration: Compatible with all ROS 2 nodes, facilitating the development of robotic applications using NVIDIA AI and pretrained models from robotics-specific datasets.

Benefits

• Accelerated Development: Reduces development times with high-throughput perception and modular packages.
• Enhanced Performance: Achieves higher performance and more efficient use of computing resources with GPU hardware acceleration.
• Scalability: Supports deployment on both workstations and embedded systems like NVIDIA Jetson.
• Comprehensive Support: Includes detailed documentation, forums, and webinars to assist developers in getting started and optimizing their workflows.
• Advanced Capabilities: Enables the development of AI-powered robotic arms and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with advanced perception and manipulation capabilities.