Meta Plans Major Investment Into AI-Powered Humanoid Robots
- Company is aiming to be the engine powering humanoid market
- Ex-Cruise CEO Marc Whitten to run new group in Reality Labs
Meta Platforms Inc., after pushing into augmented reality and artificial intelligence, has identified its next big bet: AI-powered humanoid robots.
The company is making a significant investment into the category — futuristic robots that can act like humans and assist with physical tasks — and is forming a new team within its Reality Labs hardware division to conduct the work, according to people with knowledge of the matter.