Nvidia open-sources Flora, cuts robot video labeling cost 125x vs GPT-6 Astra
The Decoder · rss · 2026-10-25
The Decoder reports Nvidia open-sourced Flora, a robot video data engine that labels one hour of footage for 72 cents instead of $88 with GPT-6 Astra — 125x cheaper — while scoring slightly higher on quality.
Key points
- Built on three fine-tuned Qwen3.5 models; catches errors in robot actions more reliably than any competitor, though occasionally falls short on descriptive accuracy
- Positioned as a key piece of Nvidia's strategy to control the entire robotics value chain, with open-sourcing aimed at pulling robotics companies into its ecosystem
- The 72-cents-per-hour price makes large-scale robot video labeling economically viable for the first time
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