Sponsorship Inquiry: ERGOS Dynamic Humanoid Platform

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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Hello NVIDIA Community,

I am developing a project called ERGOS (GitHub Page), which serves as a dynamic humanoid platform. This humanoid robot project is designed to bridge the gap between simulation and real-world dynamic locomotion and show the end-to-end process. My goal is to achieve stable, dynamic walking through sim-to-real reinforcement learning techniques. This project is still a prototype; the long-term end goal is to eventually upgrade the robot with torque-controlled actuators and achieve dynamic running.

I have completed the full mechanical and electrical design, including actuator selection and joint integration. I’ve also designed a custom power/signal distribution PCB to handle the high current demands. I am now transitioning to the simulation and control phase.

For the next stage of the project, I am planning to use NVIDIA Isaac Lab for RL training and Isaac ROS for real-time perception and deployment. I am seeking an academic grant or project sponsorship for a Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit. While I am an independent developer, this project is part of my ongoing research into physical AI, and I have spent 8 months on the project so far. I have previously pursued the formal NVIDIA Academic Grant Program, but as an independent student, I have struggled to find a faculty sponsor for the formal application process.

I have already secured external hardware sponsors (noted on my GitHub) and would love to feature NVIDIA as the “brain” of the ERGOS platform. Any guidance or assistance in obtaining a developer kit for this research would be greatly appreciated.

Best,

Bryan Heddle

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It’s been two days since posting and I’ve gotten no response. If possible, I was hoping I could at least get some advice on where to go for help with my request.

Thanks.

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Let me forward your request to internal team to see if able to conact with you.
In the meantime, you may also check Academic Grant Program for Researchers | NVIDIA

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@kayccc I really appreciate that! I am putting a lot of effort into the project, and any help is appreciated due to the cost.

You can find my BOM here: ERGOS-Dynamic-Humanoid-Platform/docs at main · Bryanh002/ERGOS-Dynamic-Humanoid-Platform · GitHub

I’ve previously tried to apply for the academic grant, but because I couldn’t find any professors who would support me, it wasn’t possible. If nothing works here, I’ll have to go back to emailing professors.