31 May 2026Robotics
OpenAI relaunches robotics with an in-house hardware division
Sam Altman announces OpenAI Robotics, grown out of its world-simulation research, to design and manufacture general-purpose robots, first for skilled infrastructure work and later as personal robots.
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