Meta turned to Shanghai-based Fourier to build Max, a humanoid robot 1.5 meters tall and weighing 48 kilograms, according to TechNode. Meta showed it to employees at an internal robotics summit in late August: it ran on Nvidia's Jetson Thor, displayed facial expressions and grasped objects with five-fingered hands. The two companies built it in about three months, and Li-Chen Miller, Meta's vice president of robotics products, spent nearly two months at Fourier's factory.
Work on Max 2 began in September. According to the report, the project is for research and experimentation and is not currently meant for sale. According to The Information, Meta wanted the robot to recognize voices from five meters away and gestures from three meters, keep eye contact and signal states such as listening or uncertainty. Meta said the industry struggles to source some components inside the US.
Fourier was founded in 2015 and started with rehabilitation robots, such as exoskeletons for hospitals. It unveiled GR-1 in 2023, GR-2 in 2024 and N1 and GR-3 in 2025, and Omdia ranked it sixth worldwide in humanoid robot shipments in 2025. Its investors include SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Prosperity7 and IDG Capital.