NVIDIA says physical AI starts in simulation with OpenUSD and synthetic data
MonaJalal_ · x · 2026-07-22
NVIDIA pitches OpenUSD as the foundation for physical AI in simulation
The post points to a talk on OpenUSD for physical AI from NVIDIA.
The slides shown in the images emphasize three themes:
- OpenUSD for AI agents, model-driven workflows, and 3D graphics pipelines
- Physical AI is born in simulation, spanning robot simulation, industrial digital twins, and autonomous vehicle simulation
- A robotics data gap that NVIDIA frames as moving from pre-training scaling to post-training scaling and test-time “long thinking”
The overall message is that simulation and synthetic data are central to robotics and physical AI workflows.
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