TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Foxconn showcased robots for surgical assistance and industrial applications at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference, highlighting their high precision and enhanced performance, CNA reported.
The four-day event, held in San Jose and running until Thursday, focused on key topics including physical AI, AI factory applications, agentic AI, and high-efficiency inference technologies. Nvidia also unveiled its latest AI computing platform, Vera Rubin, along with its new data center GPU architecture, Feynman.
Foxconn showcased a robotic arm that can identify surgical instruments, aiming to streamline operations and ease medical staff workload. The robot can accurately grasp and position instruments during procedures.
The robotic arm is built on Nvidia’s GR00T VLA and Holoscan platforms for testing and training, using the Jetson AGX Orin module with Isaac Sim software to simulate real surgical environments. It also includes sensors that allow it to recognize surgeons’ voice commands and respond to changes in the operating room.
Foxconn’s digital health division director, Chiang Chih-hsiung (姜志雄), said enabling robots to identify surgical instruments was a key challenge in developing the system’s visual recognition. The robot currently recognizes five instrument types, with plans to expand to 100.
The company also showcased its AI-powered colonoscopy diagnostic system, a virtual model of the heart and blood vessels, and an AI-assisted breast cancer treatment solution at the event. Chiang highlighted that these applications show how AI is evolving from doing one task at a time to helping doctors by understanding and responding to medical situations.
In addition, Foxconn presented humanoid robots for industrial use. Simulated and trained using Nvidia platforms, the robots demonstrated the ability to pick up objects, tighten screws, and move cargo at the event.
Foxconn said its modular data centers make AI infrastructure easier to scale. The design simplifies the construction of AI data centers, allowing them to be replicated and expanded to meet rising computing and power needs.
The company also displayed its AI solution for smart transportation, including EVs integrated with its self-developed AI model, FoxBrain, designed to assist in driving.
