Meta reportedly built a humanoid called Max with Fourier in three months

Humanoids Daily's newsletter of 3 November leads with a report from The Information that Meta worked with Chinese robot maker Fourier on a custom humanoid called Max. According to that report, the first prototype took three months to build and a second version is already underway. Meta says the collaboration is meant for internal research and experimentation.

The issue also tracks robots moving into narrower, practical jobs. Audi is trialling parts sequencing, Xiaomi showed a robot sorting for eight hours, and Reward AI's humanoid went from parcel delivery to household chores. DEEP Robotics' traffic assistants appeared along the Hangzhou Marathon route. On the business side, Physical Intelligence is reportedly in funding talks, Unitree published quarterly results, and Agility's merger went to a shareholder vote.

In an interview, Lightberry CEO Ali Attar described the next certification step after Lumi's conditional exemption. Delivery details for Lumi remain unspecified.

Why it matters

Meta has not said whether Max is meant to become a product, so the project reads as research for now. Watch whether Meta shares more about the second version, and whether Lumi's next certification step leads to firm delivery dates.