A new report indicates that Taiwan manufacturing giant Foxconn and Nvidia are in talks over the prospect of deploying humanoid robots at a new Foxconn facility in Houston. It is purported the bots would be used in the construction of Nvidia's new GB300 AI servers, which will go into production of at the plant next year, according to Reuters.
As the report notes, the milestone would mark the first time an Nvidia product has been made using humanoid robots, and would mark the first Foxconn AI server factory to deploy the tech on its production lines.
If deployment gets the go ahead, the report claims the rollout will be finalized in the coming months, promising to transform the manufacturing process.
Both Foxconn and Nvidia are reportedly trialling humanoid robots, the latter using China's UBTech. However, according to the report, it is unclear at this stage what type of robots would be used in the Houston factory, what they would look like, or how many would be used.
A more specific timeframe suggests the companies are targeting the first quarter of 2026 to begin the project, which would coincide with the start-up of Nvidia GB300 AI servers at the plant.
As to the role of the robots, Foxconn has allegedly trained them to pick up and put down objects, insert cables, and do assembly work. The Houston factory is tipped as a great proving ground because it's newer and larger, with more space than Foxconn's existing facilities.
Later this year, Foxconn is expected to showcase two new robots, one a humanoid model with legs, and the other a wheeled autonomous robot base.
At a recent June keynote at GTC Paris, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang touted the company's enormous efforts to help develop robots for all manner of applications. Huang even invited AI robot Grek onto the stage for an adorable segment as he showcased the power of the Nvidia, DeepMind, and Disney project Newton. Nvidia's mechanized aspirations also seem to extend to its own supply chain.
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