Jim Fan: NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1 Debuts — World's First Open Humanoid Robot Foundation Model

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At GTC 2026, NVIDIA unveiled Isaac GR00T N1 — the first open, fully customizable foundation model for generalized humanoid reasoning and skills, co-led by Jim Fan's GEAR Lab. A 1X humanoid robot demonstrated autonomous domestic tidying tasks using a policy built on GR00T N1. Fan's dual mandate (physical robotics + virtual game agents) is now shipping as NVIDIA's physical AGI moonshot.