Meta builds humanoid robot prototype Max with Shanghai's Fourier, second version already in development
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-11-03
Meta partnered with Shanghai-based Fourier to build a 48kg humanoid prototype codenamed Max, featuring five-finger hands and an expressive face screen. Meta's VP of robotics Li-Chen Miller spent nearly two months at Fourier's factory; a second version is in development. The piece frames this as Meta giving its Muse agent (10M US downloads in 40 days) a physical body, and surveys the broader trend of LLM companies investing in robotics: DeepSeek in Unitree and Winverse AI, Zhipu's Z fund, Shengshu with Astribot, and Google's bet on Apptronik.
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