OpenAI's Robotics Business Shifts Toward In-Model Integration, Embodied Intelligence Included in General Foundation Model Framework
On November 13, foreign media reported that OpenAI has disbanded its independent robotics team, with its original members merged into the regular model training system. Internally, it is believed that robotics is merely a type of vertical task within general models, and related intelligence capabilities should be addressed uniformly under the general foundation model framework. As of publication, there has been no official confirmation. Previously, its robotics roadmap was adjusted multiple times: in 2019, the Dactyl robotic hand solving a Rubik's Cube attracted attention; in October 2020, it had internally disbanded its robotics team.