Meta Partners with Chinese Firm Fourier to Develop Max Humanoid Robot Prototype

Meta has collaborated with Chinese robotics company Fourier to develop a Max humanoid robot prototype in approximately three months. The 1.5-meter-tall, 48-kg robot uses an NVIDIA Jetson Thor chip and features custom modifications for interaction capabilities such as voice recognition at 5 meters and gesture detection at 3 meters. While Meta has launched development on a second version with improved manipulation and climbing sensors, there are no confirmed plans for commercial sales or public performance benchmarks. The partnership highlights China's role in hardware manufacturing while noting emerging U.S. regulatory constraints on importing Chinese robotics components.