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Meta has built a prototype humanoid called Max with the Shanghai robot maker Fourier and is working on a second version, The Information reported Saturday.
The robot weighs about 106 pounds and was shown to some Meta employees at an internal robotics summit in late August.
Meta's robotics team worked at Fourier's Shanghai factory, with the company's vice president of product for robotics, Li-Chen Miller, spending almost two months there, according to summaries of the report.
Meta reportedly sees the humanoid as a body for its Muse and wants it doing household tasks, with no plan to sell the units.
A US company building its robot body in Shanghai lands three days after the White House declared robot imports a national security threat.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
Meta built a humanoid robot with China's Fourier in about three months
Meta has built a prototype humanoid called Max with the Shanghai robot maker Fourier and is working on a second version, The Information reported Saturday. The robot weighs about 106 pounds and was shown to some Meta employees at an internal robotics summit in late August. Meta's robotics team worked at Fourier's Shanghai factory, with the company's vice president of product for robotics, Li-Chen Miller, spending almost two months there, according to summaries of the report.
Meta reportedly sees the humanoid as a body for its Muse agent and wants it doing household tasks, with no plan to sell the units. A US company building its robot body in Shanghai lands three days after the White House declared robot imports a national security threat. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. SourcesBBC
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- CMeta builds humanoid robot with China's Fourier as home robot push expands (Investing.com)uk.investing.com
This story ran in the Afternoon Brief of October 31st 2026.