Meta’s next big bet may be humanoid robotics

Meta is forming a new team within its reality Labs Hardware Department to make Meta robots that can help physical work, Bloomberg has reportedThe The team will be responsible for the development of Humanoid Robotics hardware, possible, with hardware that can perform family functions.

According to the Bloomberg report, Meta’s new robotics group, which will be run by Mark Whiten, former CEO of the driverless car startup cruise. Whiten also has stints in Amazon, Microsoft and Sonos, According to its LinkedIn profileThe

Obviously, Meta’s plan is not to create a meta-brand robot-not at all initials. Instead, meta executives, including CTO Andrew Basworth, believe that Bloomberg has the opportunity to create a hardware foundation for the rest of Robotics market for Robotics market – similar to what Google achieved with its Android operating system in the smartphone sector.

Bloomberg said that Meta was probably discussed with Robotics companies, including Unitry Robotics and Figure AI to be a partner in prototypes.