OpenMind and Circle jointly release product updates to enable USDC payments for robot self-charging, supporting embodied intelligent economy

ChainCatcher News, OpenMind and Circle Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch the World’s First Payment Infrastructure for Autonomous Agents and Embodied AI in the Real World. By integrating USDC stablecoin and OpenMind’s x402 protocol module, this collaboration enables robots and AI agents to make direct payments for energy, services, and data in the physical world. Circle officially released a demonstration video on X platform this week: robots can self-charge without changing batteries and complete the entire payment process using USDC. OpenMind team stated that this feature will be piloted in Silicon Valley first, and in the future, it will provide a universal, convenient, and versatile on-chain payment solution for the widespread deployment of embodied intelligence, helping agents achieve long endurance and automated operation, gradually integrating into human daily life.