Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is integrating its mmWave radar sensor, IWR6243, with NVIDIA Jetson Thor, using NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge, to accelerate safe development and deployment of humanoids.
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Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is integrating its mmWave radar sensor, IWR6243, with NVIDIA Jetson Thor, using NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge, to accelerate safe development and deployment of humanoids.
Texas Instruments announced that it is accelerating the safe deployment of humanoid robots into the real world with NVIDIA.
By combining TI's real-time motor control, sensing, radar and power technologies with NVIDIA's advanced robotics compute, Ethernet-based sensing and simulation technologies, the companies said that robotics developers can validate perception, actuation and safety earlier and more accurately.
TI said that it connects NVIDIA physical AI compute to real-world applications with deterministic control, sensing, power and safety at every joint and subsystem. This partnership will help developers transition more quickly from virtual development to production-ready, scalable and safety-compliant systems.
"The next generation of physical AI requires more than just advanced compute - it demands seamless integration between sensing, control, power and safety systems," said Giovanni Campanella, general manager of industrial automation and robotics at TI. "TI's comprehensive portfolio bridges the gap between NVIDIA's powerful AI compute and real-world applications, enabling developers to validate complete humanoid systems earlier in development. This integrated approach will help accelerate the evolution from prototypes to commercially viable humanoid robots operating safely alongside humans."
As part of this collaboration, TI designed a sensor fusion offering by integrating its mmWave radar technology with NVIDIA Jetson Thor, using NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge to enable low-latency, 3D perception and safety awareness for humanoid robots. TI will showcase the technology at NVIDIA GTC, March 16-19 in San Jose.
"The safe operation of humanoid robots in unpredictable environments requires a massive leap in processing power to synchronize complex AI models with real-time sensor data and motor controls," said Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA. "The integration of Texas Instruments' sensing and power management technologies with the NVIDIA Jetson Thor platform provides developers with a functional safety-capable foundation to accelerate the deployment of next-generation physical AI."
TI said that its mmWave radar sensor, IWR6243, connected via Ethernet to NVIDIA Jetson Thor, enables scalable low-latency, 3D perception and safety awareness for physical AI applications. By fusing camera and radar data, TI said that the offering improves object detection, localization and tracking while reducing false positives for confident, real-time decision-making in humanoid robots.
TI added that this offering enables human-like perception that works reliably in challenging conditions - from low light and bright glare to fog and dust indoors and outdoors - and addresses a critical safety gap that has limited real-world deployment of humanoid robots.
For example, TI said that while cameras may not reliably detect glass doors or reflective surfaces, radar provides consistent detection of these transparent obstacles, enabling smooth navigation in places like office buildings, hospitals and retail environments.
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