General Motors (GM) has expanded collaboration with Nvidia to leverage the latter’s artificial intelligence (AI) chips and software to develop autonomous vehicle technology and improve workflow at its factories.
The collaboration will focus on building custom AI systems using Nvidia’s accelerated compute platforms, including Nvidia Omniverse with Nvidia Cosmos, to optimise factory planning and robotics at GM by training AI manufacturing models.
The initiative will see GM leveraging Nvidia’s GPU platforms, which have been instrumental in training GM’s AI models for simulation and validation, to transform automotive plant design and operations.
General Motors chair and CEO Mary Barra said: “GM has enjoyed a longstanding partnership with NVIDIA, leveraging its GPUs across our operations.
“AI not only optimises manufacturing processes and accelerates virtual testing but also helps us build smarter vehicles while empowering our workforce to focus on craftsmanship. By merging technology with human ingenuity, we unlock new levels of innovation in vehicle manufacturing and beyond.”
Nvidia Omniverse will be used to create digital twins of assembly lines, facilitating virtual testing and production simulations to minimise downtime.
This approach will enhance the training of robotics platforms used in operations such as material handling, transport, and precision welding, with the aim of improving manufacturing safety and efficiency.
Furthermore, GM’s next-generation vehicles will be built on Nvidia DRIVE AGX, which is based on the Nvidia Blackwell architecture and runs the safety-certified Nvidia DriveOS operating system.
The in-vehicle computer, capable of delivering up to 1,000 trillion operations per second, will accelerate the development and deployment of safe autonomous vehicles (AVs) at scale.
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said: “The era of physical AI is here, and together with GM, we’re transforming transportation, from vehicles to the factories where they’re made.”
In a related development, Uber Technologies entered into a partnership with Nvidia earlier this year.
This collaboration aims to expedite the development of autonomous vehicles using advanced AI technology, utilising Nvidia’s Cosmos and DGX Cloud platforms.
