NVIDIA Introduces Halos Safety System for Industrial Robots

NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA Halos for Robotics, a safety system that combines AI compute, safety software, sensor data, safety applications and inspection for robots operating near people. The company said the platform draws on more than 18,600 engineering years of autonomous vehicle safety development.

It includes NVIDIA IGX Thor for industrial-grade AI compute, NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge for sensor connectivity, NVIDIA Halos OS with Halos Core for safety-related operating functions, and the NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety Blueprint that uses external cameras and AI agents.

NVIDIA also launched the Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab, which it described as the world's first ANSI National Accreditation Board-accredited program for physical AI functional and AI safety. The lab helps partners prepare integrations for third-party certification from TÜV Rheinland, UL Solutions, TÜV SÜD, exida, SGS and CertX. Agility is the first company to adopt the system.

The robotics firm is integrating NVIDIA IGX Thor and Halos Core into Digit, its humanoid robot designed for logistics, manufacturing and warehouse work. Agility customers include Amazon, GXO, Schaeffler and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility, said safety must be built into the robot and validated across the entire system.

She added that the partnership extends the company's leadership in responsible automation for industrial workflows. Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA, said physical AI is transforming factories, warehouses and logistics operations, and that robotics teams need a unified safety architecture to scale autonomous systems into these environments.

TÜV Rheinland is inspecting NVIDIA IGX Thor, Halos OS and Holoscan Sensor Bridge for functional safety certification readiness.