# Universal Robots unveils the AI Accelerator, an NVIDIA-powered toolkit for AI cobot applications

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/universal-robots-unveils-the-ai-accelerator-an-nvidia-powered-toolkit-94fb95a8
Date: 21 Oct 2024
About: [Universal Robots (Teradyne)](https://technooptimist.io/companies/universal-robots.md) · [UR AI Accelerator & AI Trainer](https://technooptimist.io/manufacturing/ur-ai-accelerator.md)
Original source: https://www.universal-robots.com/news-and-media/news-center/universal-robots-unveils-its-ai-accelerator

Universal Robots launched the AI Accelerator, a ready-to-use hardware and software kit for building AI applications on its cobots. It pairs an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin computer and NVIDIA's Isaac robot-AI libraries with a new Orbbec 3D camera, running on UR's PolyScope X software. It gives integrators a common base for AI cells instead of each building its own.

## Key facts

- Built-in demos: pose estimation, tracking, object detection, path planning, image classification, quality inspection.
- Uses NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator; developers can pick their own languages and libraries.
- PolyScope X is available globally; e-Series, UR20 and UR30 need a small hardware upgrade to run it.
- Teradyne's Chief AI Officer James Davidson called it the first of a series of AI-powered products.

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