OM1

OpenMind's open-source, modular AI runtime that connects large language models to different robot bodies.

OM1 is an open-source, modular AI runtime from OpenMind, a U.S. startup. It's often called a “robot operating system,” but it doesn't replace low-level communication layers such as ROS — instead it runs on top of them: it turns sensor input like camera and microphone feeds into text descriptions, hands that to a large language model or vision-language model for decision-making, and converts the model's output back into robot actions or speech. Each piece plugs in as a module, so the underlying model or hardware can be swapped out. According to OpenMind, OM1 supports various robot platforms, including humanoids and quadrupeds such as Unitree's G1 and Go2, and can connect to lower-level layers through protocols like ROS 2 and Zenoh. It reflects one approach to building an LLM-driven interaction layer for robots that works across different hardware.

ExampleRun OM1 on a Unitree Go2 with a multimodal large language model plugged in, so the robot dog can understand spoken commands and describe what it sees.

Also called

OpenMind OM1, OpenMind Modular AI Runtime

Related

Robot Operating System · Robot Operating System 2 · Large Language Model · Eclipse Zenoh · Unitree Go2 · Link-U OS (AgiBot Lingqu OS)

Sources

OpenMind/OM1 (GitHub)

As of

2025