According to The Information, the Max prototype weighs about 48 kg and must physically embody Meta's Agent Muse for domestic tasks. Meta says she doesn't plan on marketing it.
Meta is accelerating in home robotics. According to The Information, taken up by Reuters, the group has developed a prototype of a humanoid robot with the Chinese start-up Fourier in just three months, and is already working on a second generation. The machine, internally referred to as Max, would weigh about 48 kilos.
The body of Agent Muse
Meta sees these humanoids as a physical incarnation of its agent Muse, with the ambition of entrusting them with various household tasks. However, the company says it has no plans to sell these machines at this stage. Reuters says it was not immediately able to verify The Information's information.
The choice of a Chinese partner, in a field where Beijing and Washington are engaged in close industrial competition, will not fail to be scrutinized.
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