03:51 PM EDT, 06/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Rockwell Automation ( ROK ) said Monday that it expanded its artificial intelligence partnership with Nvidia ( NVDA ) to include robotics.

After the company partnered with the chipmaker in March to increase the scale and scope of AI in manufacturing, Rockwell said their collaboration will now evolve to include the development of "safer and smarter" autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, for industrial production.

"We're invigorated by this continued collaboration with Nvidia ( NVDA )," said Ryan Gariepy, chief technology officer of Rockwell Automation's ( ROK ) OTTO Motors. "Rockwell's industrial AI expertise, combined with Nvidia AI and robotics technologies, is going to help drive an exciting new generation of autonomous mobile robots."

Rockwell will integrate Nvidia's ( NVDA ) Isaac robotics platform, which helps clients leverage the "latest advancements in accelerated computing, physically based simulation, and generative AI to build more accurate, performant autonomous machines faster than ever before," according to Nvidia's ( NVDA ) website.

Nvidia ( NVDA ) did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment regarding the expanded Rockwell partnership. On Sunday, Nvidia ( NVDA ) separately announced partnerships with several computer industry companies to build AI factories and data centers. Shares of Nvidia ( NVDA ) were up 4.4% ahead of market close on Monday.

Rockwell said Monday it continues to integrate Nvidia Omniverse Cloud application programming interfaces with its Emulate3D software, providing users data interoperability, live collaboration, and photo-realistic graphics rendering.

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