ROBOTICS

NVIDIA introduces GR00T 2 and Isaac Lab 3.0 at CoRL

By IDAKIM Digital · Published November 10, 2026

The robotics package combines a world action model, simulation improvements and evaluation tools for precise manipulation.

NVIDIA’s November 9 CoRL announcement introduces GR00T 2, a world action model built on Cosmos, alongside Isaac Lab 3.0 and new robotics benchmarks. GR00T 2 is trained on robot and human data and supports agents sequencing physical skills through an API. NVIDIA reports completing 40 of 50 evaluated tasks at least once without task-specific demonstrations; that measure is not a 40-out-of-50 per-attempt success rate. Its few-demonstration results also depend on the evaluation setup and should not be read as universal industrial reliability. Isaac Lab 3.0 adds agent-assisted environment setup, a choice of PhysX or Newton physics, renderer options and reinforcement post-training support. Newton integration targets difficult contact and deformable-object simulations, such as cables and cloth. NVIDIA names industrial partners testing the technology, including Foxconn and Siemens. These are research and development tools and partner evaluations, not a certification that a robot can safely perform arbitrary factory tasks.

Why it matters

Use simulation to compare a specific manipulation task before committing physical equipment. Evaluate repeated-attempt success, recovery, contact realism and hardware transfer under your own constraints; retain safety controls outside the learned policy.

Source: NVIDIA · November 9, 2026

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