Meta's humanoid robot Max: 1.5m tall, Jetson Thor-powered, and the 3D perception bottleneck
chrismatthieu · x · 2026-11-12
Meta has developed a humanoid prototype called Max with Chinese robotics firm Fourier — the first prototype built in just three months, with Max 2 development starting September 2026. The robot stands 1.5m tall, weighs 48kg, runs on NVIDIA's Jetson Thor platform, and features five-fingered hands, speakers, and an expressive face.
Developer chrismatthieu argues in a Digital Journal interview that the real bottleneck for home robots isn't mechanics or AI brains but perception: unlike engineered factory floors, household environments are unpredictable 3D spaces. He highlights RealSense's depth-sensing tech — which calls itself the "visual cortex of Physical AI" — as critical to bringing robots into homes.
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