Nvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton. Newton is a physics engine to simulate robotic movements in real-world settings. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made the announcement at GTC 2025 on Tuesday.
Disney will be among the first to use Newton to power its next-generation entertainment robots:
- like the Star Wars-inspired BDX droids — one of which waddled onstage next to Huang during his Tuesday keynote.
Nvidia plans to release an early, open source version of Newton later in 2025.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang debuts Groot N1, a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots, in Disney’s BDX Droids at GTC 2025 pic.twitter.com/irGUmhygjc
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For years, Disney has pitched the idea of bringing these Star Wars-inspired robots to its parks around the world. There have been several controlled demos of the droids, most recently at SXSW 2025. Now — thanks in part to Newton, presumably — Disney feels the tech is ready and plans to showcase the robots at several theme park locations starting next year.
In a press release, Disney Imagineering SVP Kyle Laughlin said the collaboration with Nvidia and Google DeepMind will play a key role in powering future Disney entertainment robots as well.
Nvidia said that Newton is supposed to help robots become more “expressive” and “learn how to handle complex tasks with greater precision.” The physics engine helps developers simulate how robots interact with the natural world, which can sometimes challenge robotics developers.
Source: Tech Crunch
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