Embodied is reported to have shut down in late 2024, though I couldn’t independently confirm the exact date, so I’m marking that unverified. Moxie’s entire personality, speech and missions ran through Embodied’s cloud, so once that cloud went away, the robot had nothing left to say.
OpenMoxie is the official replacement, built by the same person behind Moxie’s original software. It runs as a Docker container on a computer at home, on the same Wi-Fi as the robot, and Moxie connects to it the same way it connected to Embodied’s servers. The catch is that speech and chat aren’t free anymore. You need your own OpenAI account with credits loaded, and you’re paying for every conversation Moxie has from then on.
The project’s own README warns that openmoxie.org and something calling itself “OpenMoxie 2.0” have nothing to do with it. Use the GitHub repo below.
What to do
- Read the OpenMoxie README in full before starting. It covers the Docker setup and the self-signed certificate Moxie needs to trust your server.
- Create an OpenAI account and add billing credits. This is what pays for speech and chat.
- Run the OpenMoxie container on a computer that stays on and shares a network with Moxie, then follow the README’s pairing steps.
Budget for an ongoing OpenAI bill on top of the setup work. It’s small per conversation, but it isn’t nothing either.