NVIDIA MotionBricks Targets Real-Time Character Motion

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NVIDIA MotionBricks Targets Real-Time Character Motion

NVIDIA’s MotionBricks is an open research stack that generates real-time motion between recent and target poses for SOMA characters and Unitree G1 robots. Its modular runtime, ONNX models, and smart primitives support navigation and interactions such as vaulting, sitting, and object handling. [GitHub](https://github.com/NVlabs/motionbricks)

// ANALYSIS

MotionBricks is compelling because it treats animation as a controllable runtime system rather than a fixed library of clips, though integration remains research-grade.

–Smart primitives let developers assemble behaviors without retraining the core model
–NVIDIA reports 15,000 FPS throughput and roughly 2 ms latency in the research paper
–The stack supports both human characters and humanoid robots through shared motion-generation components
–Developers need an NVIDIA GPU and TensorRT; the showcased Unreal Engine integration is not included
–Code is Apache 2.0, but model weights and sample motion data use separate NVIDIA licensing terms

// TAGS

motionbricksopen-source3d-genroboticsinferencegpu

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2026-11-01

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2026-11-01

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