Nvidia open-sources Flora: Robot video labeling 125x cheaper than GPT-6 Astra
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In short
  • Nvidia has introduced Flora, a new data engine that reduces the cost of labeling one hour of robot video to 72 cents, compared to $88 with GPT-6 Astra.
  • Flora achieves slightly higher quality in its output.
  • The open system, built on three fine-tuned Qwen3.5 models, detects errors in robot actions more reliably than any competitor, although it sometimes falls short on descriptive accuracy.
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Nvidia has introduced Flora, a new data engine that reduces the cost of labeling one hour of robot video to 72 cents, compared to $88 with GPT-6 Astra. Flora achieves slightly higher quality in its output. The open system, built on three fine-tuned Qwen3.5 models, detects errors in robot actions more reliably than any competitor, although it sometimes falls short on descriptive accuracy. Nvidia is positioning Flora as a key component of its strategy to control the entire robotics value chain.