Simulation is becoming part of the robotics product
The robots drawing attention at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are physical machines, but much of their meaningful development is happening somewhere less visible. NVIDIA's latest Isaac Sim release expands the use of synthetic data, cloud access, and human representations for developing and testing intelligent robots before they enter a warehouse, factory, or other operating environment.
That is more than a faster way to prototype. It suggests that simulation is becoming part of the robotics product itself.