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OpenAI announces in-house humanoid robot, demo planned for 2027
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OpenAI CEO Altman announced that the company will develop its own humanoid robot, with a demonstration planned for 2027. The short-term goal is to assist skilled workers in building infrastructure, while the long-term goal is robots for individuals. The report's author reviewed two previous retreats by OpenAI in the robotics field: disbanding its robotics team in 2020, and Figure announcing the termination of its partnership with OpenAI in February 2025. The author believes that OpenAI now has the relevant conditions in place, including Aditya Ramesh's world simulation project, Astra's virtual capabilities, simulation infrastructure, and a teleoperation team of more than one hundred people in San Francisco.
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- OpenAI confirms in-house humanoid robot development, 27 job postings reveal its hardware priorities
Altman confirmed on the Engadget podcast that OpenAI will develop its own humanoid robots, and gave a timeline of a striking demo in 2027, with real deployment on the streets still several years away. The article reviews OpenAI's trajectory from disbanding its robotics team in 2021, leading Figure AI's $675 million Series B in 2024, ending its partnership with Figure in February 2025, to establishing the OpenAI Robotics department in May 2026.
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- OpenAI announces in-house humanoid robot; author interprets its motives and impact on the industry
Altman said OpenAI will develop its own humanoid robot, with a demo in 2027. The near-term goal is to assist skilled workers in building infrastructure, while the long-term goal is a personal robot. The author reviews OpenAI's two previous retreats: the 2019 robotic hand that solved a Rubik's Cube, the disbanding of its robotics team in 2020, and Figure's announcement in February 2025 that the partnership was ending. The author believes OpenAI now has the necessary conditions, including Aditya Ramesh's world simulation project, Astra's virtual capabilities, simulation infrastructure, and a teleoperation team of more than 100 people in San Francisco.
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