Humanoid Brings Voice-Activated Multi-Robot Collaboration Powered by KinetIQ to Life at NVIDIA GTC
San Jose, March 20, 2026 — Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company, presented a live demonstration of its multi-robot coordination system at NVIDIA GTC. Built on NVIDIA’s open robotics platform and powered by Humanoid’s KinetIQ AI brain, the system enables fleets of robots to interpret voice requests and coordinate physical actions in real time.
The demonstration featured two wheeled robots equipped with grippers operating in a simulated store environment. Using voice interaction at the booth, visitors could request the robots to handle items such as water bottles or popcorn. Once the request was made, KinetIQ’s Fleet Management system interpreted the command, dynamically assigned tasks between the robots, and coordinated the physical handover of the items. After completing each request, the robots returned to their default positions and waited for the next visitor. The system displayed real-time status updates, showing visitors how tasks were distributed and executed.
The workflow illustrated how humanoid robots can interpret human commands, allocate tasks across a fleet, and safely interact with people. It demonstrated key capabilities required for real-world deployment, including autonomous task allocation, efficient robot-to-robot collaboration, and safe human-robot interaction.
The demonstration was powered by Humanoid’s recently released KinetIQ AI stack, an end-to-end framework designed to orchestrate autonomous robotic fleets. Humanoid is building autonomous general-purpose humanoid robotic systems using NVIDIA’s open robotics platform. Its KinetIQ AI brain leverages NVIDIA GPUs for large-scale model training, the open NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab frameworks for simulation and digital twin development, and edge computing with NVIDIA Jetson to run real-time robotic behaviors on the robots. So, the system builds on NVIDIA’s “three computers” architecture: powerful GPU infrastructure for AI training in the cloud, advanced simulation and digital twin environments for rapid iteration, and high-performance edge computing running directly on the robots. Humanoid is also adopting the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1.7, an open reasoning vision language action (VLA) model to scale humanoid robot development. Together, these technologies enable fleets of robots to interpret human commands, coordinate tasks, and execute physical actions autonomously, allowing Humanoid to move rapidly from simulation to real-world deployment of Physical AI systems.
“At Humanoid, we believe the next wave of robotics will come from general-purpose systems that can interact with humans and coordinate physical actions autonomously,” said Artem Sokolov, founder and CEO of Humanoid. “Our close collaboration with NVIDIA allows us to build on the world’s most advanced AI and robotics technologies to accelerate the development of Physical AI. At NVIDIA GTC, we demonstrated how our KinetIQ AI brain makes humanoid robots more practical, scalable, and ready for real-world use. As one of Europe’s leading robotics companies, we are focused on moving beyond prototypes and preparing humanoid robots for real-world deployment as quickly as possible.”
About Humanoid:
Humanoid is a UK-based robotics innovation company dedicated to developing advanced general-purpose humanoid robots that enhance human capabilities. Founded by Artem Sokolov in 2024, Humanoid brings together over 200 engineers, researchers, and innovators from top global tech companies. With offices in London, Boston, and Vancouver, the company is focused on building commercially viable, scalable, and safe robotic solutions for real-world applications. The company is currently developing HMND 01 wheeled and bipedal platforms powered by KinetIQ, Humanoid’s proprietary four-layer AI framework.
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