Global labor shortages have left 50 million positions unfilled, prompting Hexagon to develop humanoid robots for industrial applications.
Hexagon unveiled AEON, a new humanoid robot built with NVIDIA for various industrial tasks in sectors like automotive, manufacturing, and logistics.
AEON is designed to perform tasks such as reality capture, manipulation, part inspection, and industrial operations.
NVIDIA's robotics platform was crucial in developing AEON, utilizing AI supercomputers, Omniverse platform, and IGX Thor robotic computers.
Hexagon used simulation-based learning powered by NVIDIA Isaac platform to train AEON, speeding up its development process.
AEON leverages NVIDIA Jetson Orin onboard computers for real-time autonomous operation in dynamic environments.
The robot will be piloted in factories and warehouses to scan and capture data for visualization and collaboration in platforms like HxDR and Omniverse.
Hexagon aims to continuously train AEON by generating high-fidelity digital twins from scanned data using OpenUSD framework and Omniverse.