OpenAI disbands standalone robotics team, reassigns staff to research and Applied units
OpenAI has disbanded its standalone robotics team, moving researchers to its core research unit led by Mark Chen and hardware teams to the Applied division under Greg Brockman, as confirmed by the company. The reorganization follows a shift toward using general models like GPT-6 Astra directly for robotics, and OpenAI stresses that robotics remains a long-term vision.
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Wen Shao / Fortune : OpenAI disbands its standalone robotics team, moving its staff to research and Applied units, saying models like GPT-6 Astra can be directly applied to robotics — OpenAI has disbanded its stand-alone robotics team, moving its researchers onto other teams. — The company confirmed the reorganization when asked about it by Fortune.
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OpenAI 的机器人团队，突然解散了。 据《Fortune》杂志报道，OpenAI 已经解散独立的机器人研究团队，将相关研究人员重新分配到公司其他部门。 原机器人研究团队被并入公司的核心研究团队，向首席研究官 Mark Chen 汇报；应用机器人和硬件团队则被划归规模更大的 Applied 部门，由 OpenAI 总裁 Greg Brockman 负责。 这项调整已经得到 OpenAI 确认。 本周，在美国奥斯汀举行的机器人学习会议 CoRL 上，OpenAI 原本已经预订了一个展位，会议 App 和展馆平面图都标注了 OpenAI 的名字，但 208 号展位最终空无一人，连公司的标志都没有出现。 OpenAI 对此强调，机器人仍然是公司长期愿景的核心组成部分， 这次组织调整并不是退出机器人领域 ，公司依然致力于将通用机器人带入现实世界。 OpenAI 为什么要在这个时间点解散独立机器人团队？ 这可能与一项重要的技术判断有关。 通用大模型已经开始展现直接控制机器人的能力，OpenAI 正在尝试让通用模型承担更多机器人智能任务。 OpenAI 为何再次调整机器人团队？ OpenAI 对机器人的探索，断断续续折腾了好几轮。 公司早期就成立过机器人团队，但在 2020 年将其解散。联合创始人 Wojciech Zaremba 后来解释，当时机器人领域面临训练数据有限的问题，通过其他技术路径实现 AGI 可能更加高效。 随后，OpenAI 将研发重心转向大语言模型，利用海量人类文本训练模型，这条路线最终催生了 2022 年底推出的 ChatGPT。 到了 2024 年，OpenAI 再次组建独立机器人团队，并宣布与人形机器人初创公司 Figure 合作，共同开发用于人形机器人的 AI 模型。不过，双方合作并没有持续太久。2025 年 2 月，Figure 宣布结束合作，转而自主开发机器人 AI。 OpenAI 随后也开始研发自己的类人机器人。2026 年 5 月底，Sam Altman 公开发帖大规模招聘，并正式对外命名为 OpenAI Robotics，还将 2027 年定为首次公开演示的目标时间。 从这段发展历程来看， OpenAI 对机器人的投入并未中断，变化主要发生在技术路线和组织方式上 。 据《Fortune》报道，OpenAI 今年年初的研究思路仍然是从视频生
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