Meta seems to be shifting its focus to the robotics field.Meta Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth saidIn addition to developing its own robot prototype "Metabot", Meta's more important market strategy is to plan to create a robot software platform that can be licensed to others, similar to Google's development model of using the Android operating system to enter the smartphone market.
Andrew Bosworth pointed out that software is the key to technological development, and believed that while hardware is an important foundation, the real key to whether robots can be popularized lies in whether a software architecture can be provided to support flexible operations and intelligent decision-making.
Meta has currently concentrated its internal resources on its robotics team led by former Cruise CEO Marc Whitten and its publicly accessible Superintelligence Labs, hoping to accelerate breakthroughs.
Specifically, Meta is building a "world model" to enable robots to perform dexterous movements similar to those of a human hand within a software-simulated environment. In the future, this capability will be expanded to handle more complex dynamics and tasks.
In February of this year, there were rumors that Meta was trying to develop a robot that could handle daily chores such as home cleaning and folding clothes.Service robot, and it is rumored to be cooperating with China's Yushu Technology and California's Figure AI, but there is probably still a long way to go before it can be truly commercialized.
On the other hand, Apple is also rumored to be buildinghome robotThe initial prototype may be a desktop robotic arm combined with a display screen. As for Tesla, it continues to demonstrate its humanoid robot Optimus, but mostly only in demonstrations under highly human-controlled conditions.
If Meta can create an "Android for Android," it won't have to rely on a single piece of hardware to succeed. Instead, it can license its platform to attract more hardware manufacturers. This strategy can both diversify risks and expand the scale of the ecosystem.
