OpenAI Engineer Says Cheap Open-Source Robot Arms Plus Agents Could Be the Next 3D Printing Moment

An OpenAI engineer demonstrated controlling a $200 open-source robot arm via Codex, predicting that pairing cheap open-source hardware with AI agents could become the next '3D printing moment,' where affordable arms spread first and software ecosystems ignite adoption.

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