NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang believes that the future of AI lies in Physical AI, where everything will be robotic. This will create an entire ecosystem of robots, with factories being run by robots and robotic products being built by robots. To make this a reality, NVIDIA is relying on its Omniverse platform, which uses advanced simulations and learning methods to enhance the capabilities of robots and infrastructure in sectors like manufacturing and healthcare. According to Kimberly Powell, business development manager for Healthcare at NVIDIA, physical AI will revolutionize the healthcare industry by embodying robotic systems in medical devices, treatment facilities, and operating rooms. The development of physical AI requires three computers and software stacks, which are trained on NVIDIA’s DGX platform, tested and validated on Omniverse, and deployed on robots using NVIDIA Holoscan. The NVIDIA Inception program, which supports over 3,000 healthcare and life sciences startups globally, plays a crucial role in the growth of physical AI by providing access to cutting-edge technology and resources. One such startup, Medical IP, has built a digital twin-based medical AI solution using NVIDIA Omniverse, which has been FDA-approved and enables virtual surgery and blood flow simulation. Similarly, Atlas Meditech is using tools like the MONAI medical imaging framework and NVIDIA Omniverse to develop AI-powered decision support and surgery rehearsal platforms. With the use of NVIDIA Omniverse, the company is able to create a virtual operating room that can be accessed without any time or space limitations. These are just a few examples of how physical AI is transforming the healthcare industry, and there are many more innovations on the horizon.
