NVIDIA has announced the new Jetson Orin Nano 2 robotics computer built for entry-level edge AI. With 2X the performance of its predecessor and 40% less power in the same form factor, NVIDIA says the Jetson Orin Nano 2 is positioned to enable "millions of developers" worldwide to develop physical AI, build robots and drones, and power next-gen vision systems.
In fact, with over three million developers already working on projects built with the NVIDIA robotics stack, companies like Cognex, Doosan Bobcat, and Matic are already among the first to adopt the new Jetson Orin Nano 2 robotics computer. It delivers 78 TOPS of AI compute, plus 8GB of memory and an 8-core Arm CPU. That 2X performance is partly due to improved Tensor Cores and higher memory bandwidth, and in 15W mode it can deliver the same performance as the original Jetson Orin Nano while using 40% less power.
One application already on the table for Jetson Orin Nano 2 is making drone delivery to businesses and even residential areas faster and safer. Another application uses the new hardware and NVIDIA's robotics stack in home cleaning robots, unlocking advanced conversational AI, gesture detection, and deeper context of the home.
The open NVIDIA robotics stack includes NVIDIA Jetson agent skills and ecosystem, with access to open models like NVIDIA Cosmos, NVIDIA Nemotron, Gemma 4, and Qwen 3, for rapid iteration and deployment.
"Today's small and medium frontier models have reached the accuracy of last year's largest frontier models, unlocking real-time intelligence for edge devices," said Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA. "The Jetson Orin Nano 2 computer puts that breakthrough within reach of millions of developers, delivering the performance and energy efficiency needed for real-time reasoning at the edge."
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The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2 module and developer kit are on track for release in the first half of 2027.
