--- title: Meta built a humanoid robot with China’s Fourier, The... description: Meta built a humanoid robot prototype called Max with Chinese robotics company Fourier in about three months, and a second version is already in progress. Max... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-built-a-humanoid-robot-with-china-s-fourier-the-information-reports-dhwffvsqh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta built a humanoid robot with China’s Fourier, The Information reports | daily.dev og:description: Meta built a humanoid robot prototype called Max with Chinese robotics company Fourier in about three months, and a second version is already in progress. Max... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-built-a-humanoid-robot-with-china-s-fourier-the-information-reports-dhwffvsqh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DHWFfVsqH.png og:image:alt: Meta built a humanoid robot with China’s Fourier, The Information reports og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta built a humanoid robot with China’s Fourier, The Information reports **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta built a humanoid robot prototype called Max with Chinese robotics company Fourier in about three months, and a second version is already in progress. Max weighs about 48kg, stands 1.5 meters tall, and runs on Nvidia's Jetson Thor chip. It has a screen that mimics facial expressions, speakers, and five-fingered hands. Meta says the work is internal research with no plans to sell the units. Meta sees humanoids as a physical body for its Muse AI agent, and Nvidia recently agreed to invest $3bn in Meta to expand that work. No launch date has been set. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What chip does Meta's Max humanoid robot run on? Max runs on Nvidia's Jetson Thor chip. The robot stands about 1.5 meters tall, weighs roughly 48kg (106 pounds), and includes a screen that mimics facial expressions, built-in speakers, and five-fingered hands for picking up small objects. It was built with Chinese robotics company Fourier in about three months. _Developers tracking Nvidia's robotics hardware push can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Why did Meta partner with Fourier to build a humanoid robot? Meta worked with Shanghai-based Fourier to build a prototype called Max in about three months, with its robotics team including VP Li-Chen Miller spending nearly two months at Fourier's factory. Meta says the work is for internal research and experimentation, with no plans to sell the units, and sees humanoids as a physical form for its Muse AI agent. _Anyone weighing AI lab partnerships and robotics strategy can follow this story on daily.dev._ ### What is Meta's Muse AI agent being used for in robotics? Meta sees humanoid robots as a physical form for Muse, its AI agent, hoping they can perform household tasks. Nvidia agreed to invest $3bn in Meta and expand work on Muse, and Muse runs on hardware including the Jetson Thor chip used in Meta's Max robot prototype built with Fourier. _Developers following AI agents moving into physical robotics can track Muse's progress on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Meta is building an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-is-building-an-ai-version-of-mark-zuckerberg-rgudpiqqe) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meta hires five Thinking Machines Lab founders including a reported $1.5 billion engineer](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-hires-five-thinking-machines-lab-founders-including-a-reported-1-5-billion-engineer-fjfyhgtfx) · The Next Web · 9 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-built-a-humanoid-robot-with-china-s-fourier-the-information-reports-dhwffvsqh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Meta built a humanoid robot with China’s Fourier, The Information reports","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-built-a-humanoid-robot-with-china-s-fourier-the-information-reports-dhwffvsqh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-built-a-humanoid-robot-with-china-s-fourier-the-information-reports-dhwffvsqh"},"datePublished":"2026-11-01T11:35:31.545Z","dateModified":"2026-11-01T11:35:55.177Z","description":"Meta built a humanoid robot prototype called Max with Chinese robotics company Fourier in about three months, and a second version is already in progress. 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