Newton

Newton is a Linux Foundation open source physics engine, contributed by Disney Research, NVIDIA, and Google DeepMind. Built on NVIDIA Warp and integrating MuJoCo Warp as a backend, Newton targets roboticists and simulation researchers, providing GPU-accelerated, differentiable, OpenUSD-compatible physics simulation for AI training, robotics, gaming, and scientific research.

Newton publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include AI, Linux Foundation, Physics, Simulation, and Robotics.

Newton’s developer surface includes documentation and 3 more developer resources.

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20.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
AILinux FoundationPhysicsSimulationRoboticsGPU

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 20.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

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Newton Physics Engine

Newton is a Python library and physics simulation engine. It is consumed programmatically via Python (not as an HTTP API), targeting robotics simulation, reinforcement learning,...

Pricing Plans 1

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Newton Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

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Newton Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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Newton Finops

FINOPS

Resources

Documentation 1

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Documentation
Documentation

Build 2

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SourceCode
SourceCode
 GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

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LinuxFoundation
LinuxFoundation

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: newton
name: Newton
description: Newton is a Linux Foundation open source physics engine, contributed by Disney Research, NVIDIA, and Google DeepMind.
  Built on NVIDIA Warp and integrating MuJoCo Warp as a backend, Newton targets roboticists and simulation researchers, providing
  GPU-accelerated, differentiable, OpenUSD-compatible physics simulation for AI training, robotics, gaming, and scientific
  research.
type: Index
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  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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tags:
- AI
- Linux Foundation
- Physics
- Simulation
- Robotics
- GPU
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/newton/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: newton:newton
  name: Newton Physics Engine
  description: Newton is a Python library and physics simulation engine. It is consumed programmatically via Python (not as
    an HTTP API), targeting robotics simulation, reinforcement learning, and physics-based AI training workloads on GPU.
  humanURL: https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/
  tags:
  - AI
  - Physics
  - Simulation
  - Robotics
  - GPU
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/newton-physics/newton
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/newton-physics
common:
- type: Documentation
  name: Newton Documentation
  description: Official documentation for the Newton physics engine.
  url: https://newton-physics.github.io/newton/
- type: SourceCode
  name: Newton Source Code
  description: Source code repository for Newton.
  url: https://github.com/newton-physics/newton
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: Newton GitHub Organization
  description: GitHub organization hosting Newton and related projects.
  url: https://github.com/newton-physics
- type: LinuxFoundation
  name: Linux Foundation
  description: Newton is a Linux Foundation hosted project.
  url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com