Why is NVIDIA advocating for open AI models?
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang used his first X post to share the "why open models matter" letter NVIDIA signed. The essence: AI will transform every industry, power every company, and be built by every country. Open models, in turn, strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.
This is one of the most influential figures in technology pointing to an open foundation everyone can build on, rather than a closed, monopolistic AI. And the most tangible application of that foundation is robots.
How do open AI models connect to 'Physical AI'?
The next wave of AI is stepping off the screen into the physical world — this is called Physical AI. A language model generates text; physical AI teaches a robot to walk, see, grasp and decide. NVIDIA powers this layer with platforms like Jetson (edge compute), Isaac and GR00T.
Here's why open models are critical: a robot's biggest hurdle is 'generalization' — adapting to unfamiliar environments (we covered this in detail in our China humanoid robot revolution analysis). Open, buildable models let organizations train robots on their own data and scenarios. You need a developable platform, not a black box.
Which robots embody this vision in practice?
Unitree's developer-focused EDU platforms carry exactly this open, buildable philosophy. The Unitree Go2 EDU is an open research platform with NVIDIA Jetson Orin and depth cameras; the AS2-W EDU offers up to 150 TOPS compute expansion (Orin NX) and open SDK/API; and the G1 is the standard for humanoid research.
For universities and R&D teams, we turned this into a turnkey R&D foundation: our G1 R&D Platform is a ready starting point for organizations that want to develop algorithms on a robot in the age of open models. Industrial platforms such as the B2 are also available.
What does Sovereign AI mean for Turkey?
The 'sovereignty' Jensen Huang highlights is strategic for Turkey: thanks to open models, Turkish universities, institutions and defense/industry organizations can develop AI and robotics capability locally without external dependence. Instead of being locked into a closed provider, they can build their own solutions on open platforms.
At robotlar.org, this is precisely our mission: we don't just bring the hardware (NVIDIA-powered Unitree robots) — with Turkish documentation, on-site training and engineering support, we enable organizations to develop their own AI on top of these robots.
How can your organization prepare for this future?
Physical AI is not a question of 'when' but 'how early' — and early movers capture the strategic advantage. As the official Unitree Robotics distributor in Turkey, robotlar.org provides research, industry and defense organizations with open, developer-ready, NVIDIA-powered robots, backed by official warranty, up-to-date software updates, installation and support across 81 provinces.
To discuss your organization's physical-AI roadmap and get a free site survey and a project-specific quote, contact us.