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OS3: Intelligence and Machines for Physical Labor

Semi-humanoid hardware & Model based on 150k hours of Videos. Preorders Live Now

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YC · launched Aug 11, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 81%) · 1 view

Niche: robotics software and platforms · 195 launches, 9 in the last 7 days ▼ -36% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Hardware & robotics
  • B2B
  • AI-native
  • Commercial product
  • Hardware
  • Robotics
  • B2B
  • AI

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Could you build this?

No OS3 manufactures physical semi-humanoid bimanual mobile robots with custom actuators and runs large-scale robotic foundation models trained on 150,000 hours of video.

What it would actually take: Creating this requires custom mechanical actuator design, precision motor control hardware, electrical engineering, and embedded firmware running RTOS. The intelligence stack relies on large-scale multimodal imitation learning and reinforcement learning trained on massive GPU clusters with specialized robot teleoperation datasets. Teams require world-class roboticists, mechanical/electrical engineers, and physical testing infrastructure.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 2640 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #2160 of 2641 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 286 days after the earliest competitor.

  • HumanX · github · 2026-10-05 · 53 upvotes · similarity 0.62
  • PRISM · github · 2026-09-30 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • ml-halo · github · 2026-11-05 · 284 upvotes · similarity 0.59
  • reflex · github · 2026-10-09 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • ULTRA · github · 2026-09-25 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • gem-x.cpp · github · 2026-09-21 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • NablaMimic · github · 2026-10-30 · 81 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • HuRo · github · 2026-09-12 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.56

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