Robots/Parts/Software
Halos Core
Safety software from Nvidia that sits underneath a robot's other programs and looks after the functions that must not fail, such as stopping safely when a person gets too close. It runs on Nvidia's industrial IGX Thor computer.
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Key numbers
- Made by
- Nvidia
- Part of
- Halos OS, Nvidia's safety software for robots
- Runs on
- Nvidia IGX Thor
- Agility's plan
- to build IGX Thor and Halos Core into its own system for safely detecting people
- Operating systems
- Linux, or Linux together with QNX OS for Safety 8.0
- Availability
- early access for registered developers, announced 22 June 2026
Source: Nvidia, NVIDIA Announces Halos for Robotics, the Industry's First Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI (investor.nvidia.com)
Strengths and trade-offs
Our analysisStrengths
Built from the start with safety certification in mind.
Comes from the same maker as the robot's main computer, so the two are designed together.
Can save a robot maker from writing its own safety layer from scratch.
Part of a wider Nvidia safety programme with independent inspection.
Trade-offs
Still in early access, so not yet proven in wide use.
Ties the robot's safety system to Nvidia hardware.
No public price.
Using it does not by itself make a robot certified safe, which still needs outside approval.
Why robot makers choose it
Our readBefore a humanoid can work freely beside people, its maker has to prove to independent inspectors that it will not hurt them. Building on safety software designed for that process, running on a computer designed for it, is meant to make that proof faster and cheaper.
This is our reasoning from the public facts. No maker has confirmed it.
Robots using it
This list covers only the robots researched so far. A robot missing here may still use this part.
Numbers and listed prices on this page come from the sources shown. Anything marked as our analysis, our read or our estimate is our own view and has not been confirmed by any company. Last checked 14 Oct 2026. How we verify