OpenMind Unveils OM1 Beta, Calls It Robotics’ “Android Moment”

• OpenMind has released OM1 Beta, a universal, open-source operating system that enables robots to perceive, reason, and act autonomously.
• The system supports major AI models, voice and vision features, cross-hardware compatibility, and developer-ready integrations.

OpenMind has launched OM1 Beta, an open-source operating system that lets robots perceive, reason, and act without being limited by proprietary software or hardware. The company says the launch marks the beginning of robotics' “Android moment". It aims to give developers a shared foundation designed to accelerate development, foster interoperability, and unlock new capabilities in machine intelligence.

OM1 is built to be open and hardware-agnostic, designed to run across a wide range of robotic platforms, including quadrupeds, humanoids, and drones. It includes preconfigured agents for supported systems such as the Unitree G1, Go2, TurtleBot, and Ubtech mini humanoid, enabling fast deployment across hardware without starting from scratch. This flexibility allows developers to work across robot types without being tied to a single ecosystem.

On the software side, OM1 supports plug-and-play integration with large AI models like OpenAI and Gemini, and includes native capabilities for voice interaction, visual perception, and autonomous navigation. Features such as real-time SLAM, LiDAR-based path planning, and Gazebo simulation come ready to use. The system runs on both AMD64 and ARM64 architectures and is delivered as Docker images for simple, cross-platform deployment. A React-based interface called OM1 Avatar provides an intuitive layer for real-time control, monitoring, and interaction.

OM1 is designed to make robotics development more accessible, modular, and scalable. By lowering the barriers to entry, OpenMind’s open-source approach invites a global community to contribute, collaborate, and accelerate progress across the field. With OM1 Beta now live on GitHub, developers can prototype projects such as voice-controlled robots, test real-time navigation, deploy humanoids powered by language models, and simulate behaviors before hardware deployment.

🌀 Tom’s Take:

Open-source is what makes developer empowerment possible. OM1 gives builders the freedom to create without waiting for permission with a shared toolkit for turning ideas into intelligent machines.

Source: OpenMind