Unitree Robotics and Nvidia have jointly unveiled the H2 Plus, a new humanoid robot reference design aimed at advancing humanoid robotics development.

The H2 Plus is scheduled to be launched in the second half of this year, Unitree's Director of Marketing Huang Jiawei told the Global Times on Wednesday. The robot's key feature is its integration with Nvidia's high-performance computing platform, which is designed to provide a more powerful "intelligent brain" for humanoid robots.

The H2 Plus, jointly introduced by the two companies on Monday, represents a significant upgrade in computing capabilities, according to Huang.

Unitree said on its website that the H2 Plus combines the company's H2 humanoid robot body, the Sharpa five-finger dexterous hand, Nvidia's Jetson Thor platform for advanced reasoning and control and Nvidia's Isaac GR00T development platform.

Isaac GR00T provides an end-to-end framework covering data collection, data generation, model evaluation and deployment, helping developers accelerate humanoid robot development.

"Based on Nvidia's computing platform, we hope to help drive progress across the entire humanoid robotics industry," Huang said. He added that Unitree expects relevant data to contribute to future iterations of AI computing platforms, making humanoid robots' "intelligent brains" increasingly capable.

Wang Xingxing, founder and CEO of Unitree Robotics, said that the H2 Plus provides developers with a validated starting point for building robotic skills and deploying them in real-world applications.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced the partnership with Unitree on Monday.

In addition to China's Unitree, Nvidia also plans to work with humanoid robot makers in the US, Europe and South Korea to build robots ​for researchers, according to the AI chip company's executives.