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OpenMind Launches Robot App Store for Humanoids and Quadrupeds

Built on the open-source OM1 system, the marketplace aims to make robot capabilities updatable across brands.

Overview

  • The store is live on Apple’s App Store with five applications at launch and support for robots from about ten manufacturers.
  • Initial partners include Ubtech, Agibot, Deep Robotics, Fourier, Booster, Dobot, LimX and Magic Lab, with a founding consortium shaping shared standards.
  • OM1 underpins the platform to package capabilities into portable apps, with early offerings focused on autonomous movement, social interaction and privacy.
  • OpenMind says the ecosystem is open globally to developers and robotics companies, citing more than 1,000 developers participating.
  • Coverage highlights a broader shift toward a cross-vendor software layer while noting unresolved challenges in hardware abstraction, real-time safety, validation and rights management.