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Inside AI’s Super Bowl: Nvidia dreams of a robot future

Nvidia showcased robots that could work in warehouses, pedal around like “Star Wars” droids and manipulate surgical equipment at its weeklong A.I. conference.

Nvidia showcased robots that could work in warehouses, pedal around like ‘Star Wars’ droids and manipulate surgical equipment at its weeklong AI conference. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)

Written by Tripp Mickle

The robots were everywhere. Some pedaled around like “Star Wars” droids. Others manipulated hospital surgery equipment. They all provided a glimpse of what a future powered by artificial intelligence could look like.

Nvidia showcased robots that could work in warehouses, pedal around like ‘Star Wars’ droids and manipulate surgical equipment at its weeklong AI conference. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)

Nvidia, the world’s largest maker of AI chips, brought the robots together as part of its annual developer conference in San Jose, California. The event, formally known as Nvidia GTC, has become the Super Bowl of AI.

Daniel Sherrill, a director of customer engagement at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, talks to a digital version of himself at Nvidia GTC, a global artificial intelligence conference for developers, in San Jose, Calif., on March 20, 2025. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has created digital versions of real people with AI. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)

The weeklong showcase of robots, large language models (the systems behind AI-powered chatbots) and autonomous cars drew a who’s who of industry leaders and more than 25,000 attendees. They were there to learn about the latest AI technologies and hear Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speak about AI’s future.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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