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Meta Reportedly Built A Humanoid Robot Prototype That Can Do Household Chores

A report said the company is already working on the second version that’s codenamed Max 2.

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As part of its push into robotics, Meta has built a prototype humanoid robot that's meant to help out around people's homes, according to The Information. 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.

According to The Information'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.

The Information's report said there's no launch date set for a mass-market version...

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