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Meta has built a humanoid robot prototype called Max with Chinese robotics firm Fourier, according to The Information, as it explores what robots could do in the home.
Meta has quietly built a humanoid robot to figure out what one could do inside your home.
It’s called Max, and according to The Information, Meta built it with Chinese robot maker Fourier in about three months.
So, Max is about 1.5 metres tall and weighs roughly 48 kilos, or about 105 pounds.
That’s far lighter than Fourier’s own GR-3 care robot.
It runs on NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor, with five-fingered hands for small bottles and toys, chest speakers and an expressive face.
The goals are very human: hear a voice from five metres, spot a wave from three, hold eye contact, and show when it’s listening or unsure.
Max 2 is already in the works, with better hands, a projector, and sensors to handle stairs.
Meta is also hiring in Shanghai and Shenzhen, including for large-scale manufacturing.
Officially, Meta says this is research only, with no plans to sell these robots.
And there’s no public demo yet, so we don’t know if Max can handle real chores.
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