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NVIDIA Releases Cosmos Policy Model for Unified Physical AI Control

Date: January 29, 2026
Company: NVIDIA
Category: Physical AI & Robotics

Narrative

NVIDIA introduces Cosmos Policy, a diffusion-based robotics control model built on Cosmos Predict-2. The system unifies perception, prediction, and action into a single world-model-driven architecture designed for embodied agents operating in complex physical environments.

NVIDIA Blog / Hugging Face

Reality

Released January 29, 2026. Reports 98.5% performance on LIBERO benchmark and strong real-world bimanual task execution. Open-sourced via Hugging Face with accompanying implementation cookbook on GitHub. Integrated into NVIDIA’s world foundation model stack February 19, 2026.

Implication

Strengthens NVIDIA’s vertical integration strategy across chips, simulation, and robotics models. Positions world-model architectures as foundational layer for physical AI rather than incremental control systems. Open release lowers experimentation barriers while reinforcing NVIDIA’s infrastructure dependency across robotics startups and industrial automation.

Tags

  • nvidia
  • robotics
  • open-source
  • infrastructure