QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB), announced an expanded collaboration with NVIDIA to integrate QNX OS for Safety 8.0 with NVIDIA IGX Thor and Halos Safety Stack. The announcement was made at Hannover Messe on April 20.

The integration combines QNX's real-time operating system with NVIDIA's functional safety platform to support AI-enabled systems in robotics, medical technologies, and industrial applications. NVIDIA IGX Thor is designed for edge AI systems in regulated environments, including autonomous mobile robots, surgical robotics, medical imaging, and industrial automation platforms.

The unified platform allows developers to consolidate real-time controls and safety concepts on a microkernel-based operating system while using NVIDIA accelerated compute for AI capabilities such as perception, planning, and decision-making.

"As robotics, medical, and industrial systems become more autonomous and software defined, safety and determinism cannot be afterthoughts," said John Wall, President of QNX.

The collaboration extends QNX's relationship with NVIDIA, building on their recent integration of QNX OS for Safety 8.0 with the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor Development Kit for automotive and autonomous vehicle development.

Early access registration is available for the NVIDIA IGX Thor Developer Kit with QNX for select customers. QNX technology is currently deployed in more than 275 million vehicles and is used by nine of the top ten medical device manufacturers.

The information is based on a press release statement from QNX.