Robot AI model
SONIC
SONIC learns general humanoid motion tracking and supplies Unitree G1 controller variants for planning, teleoperation and VLA execution. Model weights use NVIDIA Open Model License terms; source code uses Apache-2.0.
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Also known as GEAR-SONIC
- Organization
- NVIDIA
- Type
- Whole-body controller
- Released / introduced
- Nov 11, 2025
- Public weights
- Public weights
- Licence / scope
- NVIDIA Open Model License
- Parameters
- Not disclosed
- Base model
- Not disclosed
- Humanoid association
- Humanoid-native
- Inputs
- robot state, reference motion, latent motion tokens
- Outputs
- whole-body motor commands
Release dates can mark an announcement or paper introduction. Public checkpoints, code licences and weight terms are distinct; follow the publisher’s links for the stated scope.
Documented embodiments
Source-associated hardware; this list does not establish plug-and-play compatibility or commercial robot capability.
- Unitree G1 →
Published controller checkpoints and real-robot deployment stack; variants must use matching encoder, decoder and observation configuration.
Disclosed training data
- Human motion-capture training corpus
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Evidence
Sources
- [s1] SONIC: Supersizing Motion Tracking for Natural Humanoid Whole-Body Control ↗
NVIDIA · paper · published Nov 11, 2025 · accessed Oct 13, 2026
- [s2] GEAR-SONIC official model card and checkpoint variants ↗
NVIDIA · official · accessed Oct 13, 2026
- [s3] GR00T Whole-Body Control: SONIC checkpoints, deployment and licensing ↗
NVIDIA · official · accessed Oct 13, 2026