Nvidia and Google DeepMind will help power Disney’s cute robots
NVIDIA cooperates with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, a physics engine to simulate robot movements in real-world institutions, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced on GTC 2025 on Tuesday.
Disney will be one of the first to use Newton to provide its next generation of entertainment robots with power, such as the BDX Droids-inspired by Star Wars, where one during his Tuesday Keynote on stage next to Huang Waggelt.
Nvidia is planning to release an early, open source version of Newton later in 2025.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang debuts Groot N1, a general foundation model for humanoid robots, in Disney’s BDX Droids at GTC 2025 pic.twitter.com/irgumhygjc
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For years, Disney has set up the idea to bring this Star Wars-inspired robots to its parks around the world. There have been several controlled demos of The Droidsmost recently on SXSW 2025. Now – now thanks to Newton, Disney thinks the feeling that the technology is ready and is planning to present the robots Different theme parking locations From next year.
In one press releaseDisney Imageting SVP Kyle Laughlin said that the collaboration with Nvidia and Google DeepMind will also play a key role in feeding future Disney Entertainment robots.
Newton is supposed to help robots to be “more expressive” and “learn how to go with more precision,” said Nvidia. The physics engine is designed to help developers simulate how robots deal with the natural world, which can sometimes form a challenge for robotics developers.
Nvidia claims that Newton is very adaptable. For example, developers can use it to program robot interactions with food products, substances, sand and other deformable objects.
Newton will be compatible with the Ecosystem of Google DeepMind of robot-like development tools, including the physics engine, Mujoco, which simulates multi-joint robot movements, Nvidia added.
Newton was one of the many announcements Nvidia made this week to start GTC 2025. The company also unveiled an AI Foundation model for humanoid robots, large N1, the company says that robots perceive and reason about their environments. Moreover, the company shared a timeline for its next generation AI chips, including Blackwell Ultra and Rubin, and revealed a new line of ‘personal AI computers’.
