New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Alibaba Group will add Nvidia's suite of tools for building AI that interacts with the physical world to its cloud software platform, enabling customers to develop applications ranging from humanoid robots to self-driving cars.

The company announced the move at its annual Apsara developer conference in Hangzhou, saying Alibaba Cloud's Platform for AI will include the full Nvidia Physical AI software stack among its menu of options for developers. The integration gives users of Alibaba's Cloud Intelligence unit access to Nvidia's "physical" artificial intelligence (AI) development tools, the company said.

Alibaba's statement frames the change as a practical expansion of options for developers on its platform: with ...