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Zuckerberg-Branded Robot, Made in China
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Image processed via AI
By Zhou Xiaoyan | Edited by Xu Qingyang
A new player has entered the humanoid robotics race—Meta has officially joined the field, with its first prototype robot manufactured by a Chinese company.
According to foreign media reports, Meta has partnered with Chinese robotics firm Fourier Intelligence to develop the “Max” humanoid robot prototype in just three months. Development of the second-generation model is already underway. This marks Meta’s most substantial hardware breakthrough since establishing its dedicated robotics team.
From large language models to embodied intelligent agents, Zuckerberg is driving Meta’s technological expansion from the digital realm into the physical world. Crucially, rather than building an end-to-end hardware R&D and manufacturing infrastructure from scratch, Meta is leveraging Fourier Intelligence’s technical expertise and mass-production capabilities in humanoid robotics to rapidly bring the prototype to life.
What specific tasks will this robot perform? Why did Meta choose Fourier Intelligence as its partner? And how will U.S. tech giants’ broader robotics strategies unfold?
By Zhou Xiaoyan | Edited by Xu Qingyang
A new player has entered the humanoid robotics race—Meta has officially joined the field, with its first prototype robot manufactured by a Chinese company.
According to foreign media reports, Meta has partnered with Chinese robotics firm Fourier Intelligence to develop the “Max” humanoid robot prototype in just three months. Development of the second-generation model is already underway. This marks Meta’s most substantial hardware breakthrough since establishing its dedicated robotics team.
From large language models to embodied intelligent agents, Zuckerberg is driving Meta’s technological expansion from the digital realm into the physical world. Crucially, rather than building an end-to-end hardware R&D and manufacturing infrastructure from scratch, Meta is leveraging Fourier Intelligence’s technical expertise and mass-production capabilities in humanoid robotics to rapidly bring the prototype to life.
What specific tasks will this robot perform? Why did Meta choose Fourier Intelligence as its partner? And how will U.S. tech giants’ broader robotics strategies unfold?
