OpenAI dismantles robotics team as GPT-6 Astra handles tasks with 74.8% success
openai reassigned robotics researchers as general-purpose models like gpt-6 astra achieve high success rates in simulated robotics tasks, potentially making specialized robotics ai unnecessary.
openai is reassigning its robotics researchers to other teams, citing the potential of general-purpose models like gpt-6 astra to control robots directly. in a study, astra-powered agent achieved a 74.8 percent success rate on simulated robotics tasks, compared to 51 percent for specialized models. astra also completed 7 out of 100 tasks on a new robotics benchmark called stationerybench, with an average progress score of 46. openai's decision may signal a shift in its robotics strategy, potentially impacting the development of specialized robotics models and its plans for a public robot demo in 2027.