Anyone Can Make a Robot Move. NVIDIA Jetson Makes It Think.

Jetson is an agentic-ready AI platform designed to help students, educators, and researchers build real-world robotics and autonomous systems. It delivers professional-grade compute power that lets you move from your first simple project to complex, industry-standard robotics applications.

Explore the Jetson AI Lab for tutorials and projects to see what you can build.

Agentic skills refer to pre-built capabilities and generative AI support that let your robots perceive, reason, and act autonomously without requiring you to write every line of code from scratch. This allows you to focus on the unique aspects of your project rather than low-level setup.

Review the NVIDIA JetPack™ components and agentic software to understand the software stack.

These kits represent different levels of compute power to grow with your ambitions. The Jetson Orin Nano Super is the ideal entry point for beginners and students, the Jetson AGX Orin offers more power for coursework and research, and Jetson Thor is the most powerful platform, designed for advanced robotics, humanoid research, and multi-robot fleets.

Compare the Jetson Developer Kits to choose the best one for your needs.

No. The Jetson platform is designed to be accessible, allowing you to build with familiar languages like Python and use existing agentic skills and open generative AI models right out of the box.

Learn how to start your first project with Jetson Getting Started Guides.

While Jetson is purpose-built for robotics and autonomous machines, it’s also highly effective for computer vision, data analytics, and running large language models (LLMs). It gives you a comprehensive desktop-based AI platform for any computationally complex work.

View examples of edge applications and AI frameworks you can develop.

The Jetson AI Lab is a central resource for developers to explore optimized tutorials, benchmarks, and generative AI models that are specifically designed to run on the Jetson platform. It is the best place to find project inspiration and step-by-step guidance.

Browse projects and tutorials at the Jetson AI Lab portal.

You can connect with a global community of makers, students, and professional developers on the Jetson forums. It’s a great place to ask questions, troubleshoot, and share your own projects with others.

Join the conversation on the Jetson Developer Forums.

Yes, Jetson developer kits are fully compatible with major AI frameworks, running efficiently on the Arm architecture. You can use the same libraries used in industry to develop and test your models locally.

Explore the software libraries and AI frameworks supported by JetPack.

Absolutely. You can integrate your Jetson kit with tools like NVIDIA Isaac™ for robotics simulation, Metropolis for smart city applications, and Holoscan for real-time sensor processing, helping you build more advanced edge applications.

Learn more about developing with NVIDIA AI frameworks to expand your project capabilities.

Jetson is an "agentic-ready" platform that combines hardware and software optimized for the physical world. It provides the performance needed for real-time autonomous navigation, vision, and reasoning, whereas standard PCs often lack the dedicated hardware acceleration needed for mobile robotics.

See why educators rely on Jetson for hands-on experience in their curriculum.

Yes, the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI) provides hands-on courses and workshops designed for students, educators, and researchers at every level. These courses are excellent for gaining foundational and advanced skills in AI and robotics.

Start your training journey at the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute.

Yes, the Jetson platform is designed to grow with your needs. Because the kits share the same software stack, you can prototype on a Jetson Orin Nano Super and later scale up your project to a more powerful kit like the Jetson AGX Orin or Jetson Thor without needing to relearn the entire platform.

Compare the full lineup in the Jetson Developer Kits specifications.

Yes, Jetson AGX Orin and Jetson Thor are specifically positioned as the compute backbone for advanced research. They’re capable of handling demanding workloads like computer vision, generative AI, and autonomous navigation, making them ideal for high-level coursework and prototypes.

Read more about Jetson for Researchers and Educators on our dedicated resources page.

Jetson Developer Kits generally require you to flash the JetPack SDK, which includes the operating system, libraries, and tools necessary for development. The "Getting Started" guides provide simple instructions on how to set this up on your first day.

Follow the Jetson Getting Started Guide for setup instructions.

You can purchase Jetson developer kits from a variety of authorized NVIDIA partners. The campaign page provides a list of trusted partners to help you find and buy the kit that fits your needs.

Locate a partner and buy your kit through our partner network.

Yes, the Jetson community is very active in sharing their robotics and AI projects. You can visit the Jetson AI Lab and the forums to see what other students and researchers have built, which can help provide ideas and technical guidance for your own work.

Get inspired by community-built projects.

Power requirements vary by kit, with the smaller kits being designed for compact, battery-powered robotics and the larger kits requiring more power for advanced compute tasks. Check the individual datasheet for your specific kit to ensure you have the correct power supply.

Access technical specifications and power requirements in our comparison table.

Yes, Jetson kits are designed to run open generative AI models locally, which is crucial for building autonomous agents that need to process information without relying on the cloud, ensuring lower latency and better privacy.

Find supported models in the Jetson AI Lab tutorials.