NVIDIA releases Isaac 0.5: 36B dynamic MoE open-weight embodied foundation model
Scobleizer · x · 2026-08-27
NVIDIA has released Isaac 0.5, a 36B parameter dynamic MoE (Mixture-of-Experts) open-weight embodied foundation model.
- Core Specs: It activates only 2.5B parameters per token using a sparse backbone.
- Multimodal Fusion: Integrates video understanding, embodied reasoning, and robot control into a single model.
- Positioning: Officially touted as the best open-weight model currently available for robotics.
Related event: Perceptron Releases Isaac 0.5, a 36B Open-Weight Embodied Foundation Model(5 posts)→
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