CognitiveOS

Main article: Operating systems for robots

History

2025: Product Announcement

Russian specialists from Skoltech have created the CognitiveOS operating system, which allows you to control robots using ordinary human speech. The new development enables the exchange of information between robotic devices in natural language and makes it easier for a human operator to set tasks. The system can be installed on robotic devices of almost any type and combine several machines into one command. This became known in mid-July 2025.

Professor Dmitry Teteryukov, head of the Skoltech Intelligent Space Robotics Laboratory, called CognitiveOS a universal system that allows machines and people to communicate conveniently. The operating system is designed for so-called cognitive robots - intelligent systems that can perceive, analyze, make decisions and adapt to the environment.

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Roman Gorbachev, head of the laboratory of wave processes and control systems at MIPT, explained that cognitive robots have the ability to self-learn to work in difficult and unpredictable conditions. Traditionally, robots digitally communicate data to each other via Wi-Fi, but the new software enables the exchange of information in human language.

CognitiveOS is a modular software product whose composite blocks can be combined depending on the type of device and the goals set. The developers plan to expand the list of machines on which such software can be installed to include humanoid robots, drones, AI agents and digital twins.

The modular principle of building a system saves computing resources by activating only the necessary functions of a particular robot. This allows you to perform all calculations directly on the device without accessing remote servers, which makes the robot more autonomous, faster and reliable.^[1]

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