This morning, The Information reported that OpenAI is developing intelligent physical robots and relaunching its internal robotics research group, which was disbanded four years ago.


OpenAI has currently invested in three physical robotics companies: FigAI, 1X, and Physical Intelligence. These companies receive software support from OpenAI’s GPT series models, demonstrating their deep interest in the field of robotics.


Forty years ago, James Cameron’s sci-fi film “The Terminator” raised concerns about the possibility of mass-produced AI leading to confrontations between humans and robots. Now, four decades later, scientific advances are gradually turning those concerns into reality.

OpenAI recently released its GPT-4 model, which is considered a major advance in reasoning and understanding, surpassing humans in several AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) tests. This shows that OpenAI has developed the intellectual foundation to get closer to physical robots.


The three physical robotics companies invested by OpenAI all leverage GPT family models:

  • FigAI was founded in 2020, focusing on developing multi-purpose humanoid robots to solve labor shortages and replace humans in dangerous or unattractive jobs. The FigAI-02 product has recently been applied in the warehousing sector.

  • 1X, a Norwegian company, invests in household robots. Their robot models released this year attracted a lot of attention because of their lifelike appearance that raised suspicions that they were humans wearing robot suits.

  • Physical Intelligence, based in San Francisco, focuses on developing general artificial intelligence for use in repetitive business processes.




However, if OpenAI were to directly enter the physical robotics race, there would likely be a conflict of interest with existing partners, similar to when OpenAI fully opened its API last year, which had a significant impact on the ecosystem.

Many network users believe that the combination of hardware and software is not uniform enough to create high synchronization efficiency.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview that the era of humanoid robots has begun, with expected prices below $20,000 or less. He said this is an unstoppable trend.

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