We are standing at the precipice of a paradigm shift. For decades, robots have been isolated tools—expensive hardware trapped in single-vendor ecosystems, unable to communicate or transact with one another. But what happens when machines gain the ability to pay for their own electricity, negotiate their own maintenance, and share intelligence across brands? This is the future that Fabric Foundation is building right now .
Fabric isn't just another AI token project; it is the economic and governance layer for the world's first open robotics network. Built by OpenMind and backed by a $20 million funding round led by Pantera Capital (with participation from Coinbase Ventures and DCG), Fabric is solving the "isolation problem" that has plagued the robotics industry . By integrating the OM1 universal operating system with the FABRIC protocol, the foundation allows robots from different manufacturers—whether humanoid, quadruped, or industrial arm—to verify identities, share skills, and execute on-chain transactions without human intervention .
The $ROBO token is the fuel powering this machine-to-machine (M2M) economy. With a fixed total supply of 10 billion tokens, $ROBO is used for network fees, coordination staking, and governance . The recent partnership between OpenMind and Circle to integrate USDC for autonomous payments further solidifies this infrastructure, enabling robots to independently pay for services like high-speed charging . We are moving from programmable machines to autonomous economic agents.