Came across The Information / IT Home: Meta partnered with Shanghai-based Fourier to build a humanoid robot prototype, internally codenamed Max, in three months—about 1.5 meters tall and 48 kilograms, powered by an NVIDIA Jetson Thor, with an expression screen, speakers, and five-fingered hands.
Key details: Li-Chen Miller, vice president of robotics products, spent nearly two months at the Shanghai factory; the robot was demonstrated at an internal summit in late August. Work on Max 2 began in September—with a redesigned torso, stronger hands, a projector, and sensors for climbing stairs. Zuckerberg sees humanoid robots like this as the “physical embodiment” of Muse agents, with the goal of helping with household chores. Meta says it is currently only conducting internal research experiments and has no plans to sell the robot for now.
Big tech companies see home robots as an outlet for AI, while outsourcing the hardware to Chinese manufacturers first—the pace is impressive, but mass production is still a long way off.
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Key details: Li-Chen Miller, vice president of robotics products, spent nearly two months at the Shanghai factory; the robot was demonstrated at an internal summit in late August. Work on Max 2 began in September—with a redesigned torso, stronger hands, a projector, and sensors for climbing stairs. Zuckerberg sees humanoid robots like this as the “physical embodiment” of Muse agents, with the goal of helping with household chores. Meta says it is currently only conducting internal research experiments and has no plans to sell the robot for now.
Big tech companies see home robots as an outlet for AI, while outsourcing the hardware to Chinese manufacturers first—the pace is impressive, but mass production is still a long way off.
#AI #机器人 #Meta
