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OpenAI Posts 19 Robotics Job Openings to Step Up R&D
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As of October 19, 2026, OpenAI has posted 19 Robotics-related job openings on its official website, covering areas such as robot control systems, electrical engineering, actuators, motor design, manufacturing, and data systems, stepping up software and hardware R&D for robotics. OpenAI said the team aims to develop general-purpose robots capable of working in dynamic real-world environments and to explore multiple embodiments; it is currently advancing both software and hardware R&D in parallel and building a real-world robot data collection and training system. Its field engineer job posting reveals that multiple robot workstations are already operating in the data collection environment.
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- OpenAI Posts 19 Robotics-Related Job Openings, Doubling Down on Robotics R&D
As of October 19, OpenAI had posted 19 robotics-related job openings on its official website, covering areas such as robot control systems, electrical engineering, actuators, motor design, manufacturing, and data systems. OpenAI said the team aims to develop general-purpose robots capable of working in dynamic real-world environments and to explore multiple robot forms; it is currently advancing both software and hardware R&D while building a real-world robot data collection and training system. Its field engineer job posting reveals that multiple robot workstations are already operating in its data collection environment. (The Paper)
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