It means that Disney, company which is a CGI/movie/cartoon producing company(Pixar created OpenUSD format) can use the same tools and make physical robot walk on stage.

If the venue, where the presentation took place also has readily available 3D model made with OpenUSD in SimReady level of details, Pixar could just download this model to their cartoon tools and start training virtual model of the robot in the virtual model of the venue before the event and troubleshoot any issues with the program.

Isn't it mindblowing?

Ah I had a typo. The vids are from 2024 and 2025. It seems to me the 2024 robots are quite clunky moving as you kind of expect from robots, whereas the 2025 one moves quite well with comparable dexterity to an animal. Which according to the talk is down to nvidia's new tech. I mean you see robots move like that in movies but I think it's the first time I've seen it in real life. Apparently they are going to put them in the Disney theme parks.

It's significant in the scheme of things in that LLMs have got quite good at text chat but for AI do to real world things like build you a house or fix your car it's got to get good at physical robot stuff too.