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Fusion42 · 14 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
OpenAI disbanded its standalone robotics team, integrating robotics research into its main groups as general AI models like GPT-6 Astra outperform specialized robot models. The company continues robotics development with plans to publicly demonstrate its humanoid robot in 2027.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Robotics, Drones & UAV, and 2 sources have reported it.
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You must update your robotics roadmap to leverage general AI models like GPT-6 Astra that outclass specialized controllers and cut your need for custom robot AI. The era of building separate robot brains is ending as OpenAI folds robotics into main AI teams and pushes humanoids for public demo.
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2 sources · 13 Nov 2026
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