Launch of the Physical AI Innovation Lab and Its Capabilities
HCLTech and NVIDIA have unveiled a new Physical AI Innovation Lab in Santa Clara, California, aimed at speeding up the adoption of physical AI and cognitive robotics across global enterprises.
The new centre becomes part of HCLTech’s global AI Lab ecosystem and is designed to help organisations explore, develop, and scale advanced physical AI solutions.
By combining NVIDIA’s complete technology stack—including Omniverse, Metropolis, Isaac Sim, Jetson, and Holoscan—with HCLTech’s suite of physical AI offerings such as VisionX, Kinetic AI, IEdgeX, and SmartTwin, the lab will serve as an end-to-end experimentation hub.
Its primary purpose is to help Global 2000 companies simulate, test, and deploy robotics, automation, and edge intelligence systems that improve operational performance and competitiveness.
Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA, said that generative physical AI has the potential to transform industrial automation, but moving from digital simulations to real-world systems still poses significant challenges.
He added that HCLTech’s new facility will allow enterprises to design, test, and validate complex autonomous systems that can turn AI strategies into practical outcomes.
Strategic Collaboration and Industry Impact
Vijay Guntur, CTO and head of ecosystems at HCLTech, emphasised that the collaboration expands both companies’ focus on industrial AI and strengthens their ongoing partnership.
He said that integrating HCLTech’s AI engineering strengths with NVIDIA’s advanced platforms represents a major step forward in advancing innovation in the physical AI space.
According to him, this initiative will help enterprises rethink physical operations, unlocking advancements in robotics, automation, safety, and intelligent operations while deepening HCLTech’s strategic alignment with NVIDIA.
HCLTech’s physical AI portfolio brings together robotics, autonomous systems, intelligent edge solutions, simulation tools, and digital twins to help enterprises boost productivity, resilience, and sustainability in real-world environments.
The company noted that it is already partnering with multiple Global 2000 clients in the physical AI domain, including a major port operator, a leading global technology firm, and a Europe-based mining organisation.
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