Nvidia Researcher Jim Fan Teases Uncut Autonomous Robot Demo at CoRL
The Nov. 9 keynote in Austin is set to cover robot foundation models and humanoid control. Fan has not identified the robot, task or model.

Nvidia robotics researcher Jim Fan says a robot will operate autonomously on physical hardware in an uncut, normal-speed video during his Monday keynote at the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) in Austin, Texas.
“Real robot. Real time. Uncut shot. Autonomous. Tomorrow,” Fan wrote Nov. 8. In a Nov. 7 reply, he also said the footage was not sped up. His posts do not identify the robot or task, name the model controlling it, or provide performance figures.
The keynote is scheduled for Nov. 9. Its listed topics include world models, robot foundation models, humanoid control and manipulation. The session outline also describes using human video, robot data and simulation, as well as feedback from a robot’s actions to improve its behavior.
Fan has not connected the planned demonstration to a specific Nvidia model. Nvidia introduced Project GR00T in 2024 and released Isaac GR00T N1 in 2025. In March 2026, Isaac GR00T N1.7 became available and GR00T N2 was previewed.
Separately, Agile ONE SN, a reference humanoid built on Nvidia’s Isaac GR00T platform, is scheduled to become available in early 2027.