According to OpenMind on X (@openmind_agi), thousands of attendees interacted with a live robot fleet powered by OM1 and NVIDIA Thor on Day 1 of NVIDIA GTC 2026, showcasing end to end AI robotics stacks in action; as reported by OpenMind, the demo highlighted on-robot inference and control software that "brings robots to life," with more NVIDIA Robotics features teased for Day 2. According to NVIDIA Robotics’ public messaging referenced by OpenMind, Thor-class compute targets safety‑critical autonomy and high throughput multimodal perception, positioning it for factory robotics, mobile manipulators, and service robots. For integrators and OEMs, the takeaway—per OpenMind’s recap—is that production-ready perception, planning, and actuation pipelines are maturing, reducing time to pilot and deployment for warehouse picking, AMRs, and retail automation.