Aptiv backs NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2 to accelerate production-ready physical AI
Aptiv is supporting NVIDIA's Jetson Orin Nano 2, helping customers build production-ready physical AI and edge systems for drones, robots, and industrial automation.
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What Happened
Aptiv PLC announced support for NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2, an entry-level edge AI platform, to help customers speed deployment of production-ready physical AI and intelligent edge systems. The collaboration builds on prior work to support commercially deployable edge AI platforms based on NVIDIA Jetson, including Jetson Thor. Aptiv will provide sensing, software, lifecycle support, and systems integration expertise so delivery drones, inspection drones, robots, and other autonomous systems operate reliably in real-world environments.
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- Aptiv PULSE™ integrating surround-view camera and ultrashort-range radar for 360-degree sensing while helping reduce blind spots, cost, and system complexity
- Aptiv Gen 8 radar with advanced range, resolution, object detection, and 4D perception in challenging conditions
- Robotics compute solutions running on Jetson Orin Nano 2, Orin NX, and AGX Orin
- Wind River software and lifecycle support for long-term maintenance, security monitoring, compliance readiness, and production deployment
“Physical AI is moving quickly from experimentation to deployment, and device manufacturers need partners who can help them scale successfully. In addition to powerful compute, this means reliable perception, proven software platforms and the systems expertise required to operate safely and efficiently in dynamic environments. By supporting NVIDIA, Aptiv can help customers reduce complexity, accele”
Physical AI must operate in dynamic environments, requiring multimodal perception on embedded, AI-ready compute for context-aware decision-making. Predictable real-time performance and the ability to continuously learn and improve distributed device fleets demand more capable software platforms and tools. Aptiv's portfolio lets devices sense, think, act, and be continuously optimized, and its global manufacturing scale and in-region for-region supply chain help accelerate time to market.
“Developers are building increasingly capable systems on Jetson, but scaling those systems requires a broader production ecosystem. Aptiv brings together sensing, compute, software and services to help customers move from promising demonstrations to reliable, scalable commercial deployments.”
Previously from Aptiv
Aptiv has been building its physical AI ecosystem. Robust.AI selected Aptiv's PULSE sensor for its Gen 3 Carter collaborative mobile robot, and Aptiv partnered with Kyndryl to combine Wind River technologies with Kyndryl's managed services for mission-critical systems.
- Robust.AI Selects Aptiv's AI-Powered Perception for Gen 3 Carter Robot
- Kyndryl and Aptiv Partner to Power Mission-Critical Systems Globally
Background drawn from MotorClaw's earlier coverage of Aptiv's official releases.
Why this matters
The new compact NVIDIA chip doubles inference performance while cutting power use, so companies can put capable AI into drones and robots. Aptiv's support adds the sensing, software, and lifecycle expertise needed to move from prototypes to dependable commercial products. This expands Aptiv's work with NVIDIA beyond earlier Jetson platforms.
Terms in This Story
- physical AI
- AI systems that perceive and act in the physical world, such as robots and autonomous vehicles.
- edge AI
- Artificial intelligence that runs on devices at the edge of the network rather than in the cloud, enabling real-time response.
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- Tera Operations Per Second, a measure of computing performance equal to one trillion operations per second.
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