Author: 137Labs

Recently, OpenMind has once again caught the attention of the crypto market due to the public sale of ROBO.

However, if you really consider it a "Web3 project," you are likely starting off on the wrong foot.

What OpenMind is doing is actually very "old school" — it is addressing a problem that has existed in the robotics industry for over a decade:

Robots have almost no way to collaborate effectively with each other.

The problem in the robotics industry is not "lack of intelligence"

Today's robots are quite smart.

They have vision, voice, navigation, and large models, with capabilities visibly improving.

The real issue is:

These robots act independently.

Different manufacturers, different systems, different protocols —

One robot can hardly collaborate with another "outsider" to complete a task.

Even in the same space, they seem to come from different planets.

This is not a matter of technical capability, but rather the lack of unified infrastructure.

OpenMind's entry point is actually very clear

OpenMind is not trying to create a "smarter robot,"

Its goal is at a more fundamental level:

· To enable robots to think and act in the same language

· To establish basic trust and collaboration rules among different manufacturers

To achieve this, they are doing two things:

OM1 — a hardware-agnostic robot operating system aimed at AI

FABRIC — a decentralized protocol layer for identity, rules, and collaboration

In simple terms, they want to be the Android + network protocol layer of the robot world.

Why "blockchain" comes into play here

Many people get stuck on this point.

OpenMind uses blockchain not to engage in finance or to hype "decentralization."

Rather, it is because there are several aspects of robot collaboration that traditional systems struggle to handle:

· Is the robot's identity trustworthy?

· Who set the rules, and have they been altered?

· If something goes wrong, how can responsibility be traced back?

FABRIC aims to address these trust and audit-related issues, rather than controlling real-time robot actions (which is clearly unrealistic).

You can think of it as:

Blockchain here is more like a "public rules ledger" rather than a "control hub."

Latest developments: The public sale of ROBO is actually a signal

At the end of January, the Fabric Foundation launched the public sale of ROBO through Kaito Launchpad.

The importance of this event does not lie in "how much the token is worth."

Rather, it signals:

OpenMind is starting to seriously consider —

If a "machine collaboration network" truly exists in the future, how should its incentive mechanism be designed?

Of course, this will also bring controversy:

· The technology is still in its early stages

· Large-scale collaboration in the real world has yet to be validated

· The market often prices expectations in advance

These doubts are quite reasonable.

But at least, this step means OpenMind is moving from "concept and architecture" to "economic layer design."

This is not a short-term story

If you are used to looking at Web3 projects, then OpenMind will certainly make you uncomfortable:

· Slow pace

· Difficult to implement

· Strong competitors (ROS, large companies, self-developed systems)

But conversely, if you believe:

The future of robots will not be isolated operations, but rather require collaboration

Then the layer OpenMind is trying to build will eventually be explored by someone.

It may not win.

In fact, the probability of failure is not low.

But at least it is addressing a real, long-standing problem that has not been truly solved.

Finally

OpenMind is not a project that will "rise once you buy it,"

Nor is it a story that can be judged with a few lines of valuation models.

It is more like a test of patience and execution:

· Can it truly deliver OM1 to developers and manufacturers?

· Can it produce real cases of cross-brand collaboration?

· Can it find a balance between safety, rules, and incentives?

ROBO is just a beginning.

What truly matters is whether robots can collaborate for the first time like network nodes.

If that day really comes,

Many of the debates you see today will seem premature.

This article is for personal research and industry observation only and does not constitute investment advice.

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