Meta built a humanoid prototype with Fourier in three months and started a second one

The 106-pound Max took three months to build with Shanghai-based Fourier.

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Primary source: The Information

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Meta worked with Fourier to build a home humanoid prototype quickly.

Two people face a suspended humanoid robot in a lab, and a machine at right bears the letters “Rw.”

Meta built a humanoid prototype named Max with Shanghai-based Fourier and is already working on a second version, The Information reported on October 31st, citing people familiar with the project. The first robot weighs about 106 pounds and was built in roughly three months.…

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