A report said the company is already working on the second version that\u2019s codenamed Max 2.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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As part of its push into robotics<\/a>, Meta has built a prototype humanoid robot that’s meant to help out around people’s homes, according to\u00a0The Information<\/a><\/em>. The report said that the robot, internally codenamed Max, was built with the help of a Chinese robotics company called Fourier in roughly three months.<\/p>\n According to\u00a0The Information<\/em>‘s sources, the robot weighs roughly 106 lbs and is about 1.5 meters tall, or approximately five feet tall. On the outside, the prototype reportedly has a display that can show facial expressions, a built-in speaker and hands designed to pick up small objects. Internally, Meta went with NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor chips to power the robot, according to the report.<\/p>\n The Information<\/em>‘s report said\u00a0there’s no launch date set for a mass-market version of Max, but that Meta has already been working on a second prototype, codenamed Max 2, since September. The report added that the tech giant is including updates to\u00a0the design of the robot’s torso and hands, as well as adding a projector and additional sensors to help it handle stairs better.<\/p>\n Meta’s efforts to break into humanoid robots began as early as last year after\u00a0Bloomberg<\/em> reported that the company created a new team<\/a> tasked with building robot hardware with the eventual goal of being able to do household chores. Following that report, Meta acquired a startup<\/a> that’s known for building artificial intelligence specifically for robots, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n