HCLTech, in collaboration with NVIDIA, has launched a new innovation lab in Santa Clara, California. The lab aims to help enterprises explore and scale industry applications of physical AI and cognitive robotics. Integrated with HCLTech’s global AI Lab network, the facility combines NVIDIA technology with HCLTech’s physical AI solutions, including VisionX, Kinetic AI, and SmartTwin, enhancing competitiveness for G2000 organizations.
New AI Innovation Lab
HCLTech has launched a Physical AI Innovation Lab in Santa Clara, California, in collaboration with NVIDIA. The lab is designed to assist enterprises in exploring, incubating, and scaling industry applications related to physical AI and cognitive robotics.
Collaboration with NVIDIA
The innovation lab will integrate NVIDIA’s technology stack and platforms, such as NVIDIA Omniverse, NVIDIA Metropolis, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, NVIDIA Jetson, and NVIDIA Holoscan. The lab combines these with HCLTech’s array of physical AI solutions, including VisionX, Kinetic AI, IEdgeX, and SmartTwin. The goal is to improve competitiveness for G2000 organizations by facilitating experimentation, incubation, and scaling of physical AI initiatives.
Executive Commentary
Deepu Talla, VP of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA, noted that generative physical AI could revolutionize industrial automation but bridging the gap from digital simulation to real-world deployment remains challenging. HCLTech’s innovation lab will support enterprises in the development, testing, and validation of complex autonomous systems to turn AI ambitions into reality.
Strategic Alignment and Transformation
Vijay Guntur, CTO and Head of Ecosystems at HCLTech, emphasized that combining HCLTech’s global AI Engineering capabilities with NVIDIA’s cutting-edge platforms signifies a pivotal step in reinforcing their synergy in the Physical AI space. This collaboration empowers enterprises to reimagine physical operations, driving breakthroughs in robotics, automation, safety, and operational intelligence, and scaling AI-led transformation across industries.
HCLTech’s AI Solutions
HCLTech’s physical AI solutions integrate robotics, autonomous systems, and intelligent edge technologies with AI, simulation, and digital twins, to enhance productivity, resilience, and sustainability in real-world settings.
Client Base
HCLTech currently serves several G2000 organizations in this domain, including a leading port company, a top hi-tech player, and a European-based mining company.
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