In today's rapidly evolving world of AI and physical robots, we are standing at a brand new technological turning point. However, the current fragmentation of the robotics industry, data silos, and issues with interoperability seriously restrict its large-scale implementation and value release. It is against this backdrop that the @Fabric Foundation was born, founded by the Stanford team and incubated by OpenMind, attempting to create a completely new infrastructure for the robotics industry using blockchain technology.
The Fabric Protocol is not just a simple blockchain project; its positioning is as a decentralized open collaboration network for robots, aiming to become the 'Android system' of the robotics world. Its core lies in empowering the construction, governance, and collaborative evolution of general-purpose robots through verifiable computing and proxy native infrastructure. This protocol is based on a public ledger, achieving transparency in data, computation, and regulation, and promotes human-robot safe collaboration through modular infrastructure. As the native token of this ecosystem, it is the core engine driving the entire network's operation.
From a technical architecture perspective, the Fabric Protocol is supported by two core components: the OM1 operating system and the Fabric blockchain layer. OM1 is a hardware-agnostic intelligent runtime for robots that can handle the entire process of perception, memory, planning, and action, supports natural language programming and multimodal sensor fusion, and is compatible with various hardware from humanoid robots to drones. The Fabric blockchain layer provides decentralized coordination capabilities, including machine identity verification, distributed task scheduling, on-chain transaction settlement, and security auditing. In this architecture, multiple key roles are fulfilled:
Payment medium: Used for robot identity registration, task settlement, and payment of network service fees, ensuring the efficiency and transparency of economic activities between machines.
Pledge certificate: Robot operators need to pledge $ROBO to obtain network service permissions and credit guarantees, which not only ensures network security but also provides income opportunities for token holders.
Governance tool: Holders can participate in protocol upgrades, fee adjustments, and security rule formulation through voting, truly achieving community-driven decentralized governance.
Incentive measures: Developers, data providers, and computing power contributors can obtain rewards by contributing resources, thus incentivizing the continuous prosperity of the ecosystem.
From the project's progress, the Fabric Foundation has already demonstrated strong execution capabilities. In August 2025, the project secured $20 million in Series A funding led by Pantera Capital, with a valuation reaching $200 million. In early 2026, the $ROBO token successfully went public and was listed on mainstream trading platforms such as Binance and Coinbase, gaining widespread market attention. Currently, thousands of developers have joined, and the app store has launched over a hundred applications, covering multiple fields such as retail, healthcare, and logistics.
I am optimistic about the future value of . With the deep integration of physical robots and infrastructure, an open and programmable machine economy is moving from concept to reality. ROBO, as the native token of this new economic system, will be constantly reassessed as the ecosystem grows. It is not only a product of technological innovation but also an important cornerstone of future social collaboration models.