Fourier
Fourier started in 2015 as a maker of rehabilitation robots and exoskeletons for hospitals. It now builds the GRx humanoid line: GR-1 (2023), GR-2 (2024), the care-focused GR-3 series (2025), the open-source N1 research robot (2025) and the GRW wheeled dual-arm robots (2026). It also makes rehabilitation systems (RehabHub, Galileo) and the GR Nano, a 200 g plush desktop companion that is not a humanoid. Omdia estimated it shipped 300 humanoids in 2025, sixth in the world. In 2026 it co-built Meta's 'Max' humanoid prototype.
8 humanoid models · 3 deployments on file · researched 2026-11-08
- Headquarters
- Shanghai, China
- Founded
- 2015
- Ownership
- Private
- Website
- fftai.com
- Focus
- healthcare, research, industrial, logistics, home
- Leadership
- Gu Jie (Alex Gu) Founder and CEO ↗
- Employees
- 600 (2025) ↗
- Last round
- Series E3 · 2025-06
- Investors
- SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (SVF II Aggregator (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.), Prosperity7 Ventures (P7 China Holdings PCC Limited), Vision Plus Capital, IDG Capital, Shanghai Guoxin Investment Development Co., Shanghai Zhangjiang Technology Venture Capital, Pudong Venture Capital, Junshan Capital, Shenzhen Guozhong SME Development Fund, Shanghai Volcanics (火山石) Fund I, Qianhai Equity Investment Fund, HongShan (红杉) funds, Shanghai AI Industry Equity Investment Fund, Zhejiang Runyang New Material Technology (300920.SZ)
- Production
- 300 shipped by 2025 · Omdia estimate of 2025 humanoid shipments, ranked sixth globally, as cited by TechNode. The June 2025 Runyang filing says GR-1 and GR-2 are in volume production (批量量产). ↗
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Humanoids
Each model as the maker has shown it. Specs are maker-stated; a dash means no source states the figure.
| Model | Status | Announced | Height | Weight | DoF | Payload | Runtime | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRW wheeled ↗First high-payload wheeled dual-arm robot, unveiled at WAIC 2026. Four-wheel-drive base. Height 1231–1695 mm; average speed ≈0.8 m/s; rated dual-arm payload 16 kg; hot-swappable batteries. The Oct 2026 catalog gives weight ≈240 kg, but the launch report gave ≈160 kg and 29 DoF excluding end effectors (Science and Technology Daily). | Commercial | 2026-07 | — | 240 kg | — | 16 kg | 4 h | not published |
| GR-3 ↗'Care-bot' for companionship and interaction: 31 pressure sensors, four-mic array, hot-swappable batteries. 43 DoF in the standard build with 6-DoF hands; up to 55 DoF with the optional 12-DoF hands (support doc). Catalog figures: height ≈165 cm, weight ≈71 kg, single-arm payload ≈3 kg, runtime ≈3 h. Speed 6.1 km/h is from the support doc. | Commercial | 2025-08 | 165 cm | 71 kg | 43 | 3 kg | 3 h | not published |
| N1 ↗First open-source humanoid: full bill of materials, blueprints, assembly guides and control code released. Runtime is 'over two hours' per charge; running speed up to 3.5 m/s. | Commercial | 2025-04 | 130 cm | 38 kg | — | — | 2 h | not published ('pricing remains flexible', per Fourier's R&D director) |
| GR-2 ↗Second generation: 12-DoF hands with six array tactile sensors, swappable battery, FSA 2.0 actuators. The 5 km/h walking speed is from the support doc. The June 2025 Runyang filing says GR-1 and GR-2 are in volume production. GR-2 is not in the Oct 2026 catalog. | Commercial | 2024-09 | 175 cm | 63 kg | 53 | 3 kg | 2 h | not published |
| GR-1 ↗First generation, unveiled at WAIC 2023. Fourier's own FSA actuators; hip joint peak torque 300 Nm; source says it can 'carry objects of 50 kg'. Fourier calls it 'the first mass-produced humanoid robot in the industry'. Not in the Oct 2026 catalog. | Commercial | 2023-07 | 165 cm | 55 kg | 40 | 50 kg | — | not published |
| GR-3C / GR-3C Ultra ↗Variants of GR-3 for practical tasks, with a matte hard shell. The Ultra adds LiDAR for real-time obstacle avoidance. Same specs as GR-3, all '≈' in the catalog. | Commercial | — | 165 cm | 71 kg | 43 | 3 kg | 3 h | not published |
| GRW Lite wheeled ↗Lighter wheeled dual-arm robot running on NVIDIA Jetson Thor. Height 1307–1907 mm; rated dual-arm payload 3 kg; average speed ≈0.8 m/s. | Commercial | — | — | 120 kg | — | 3 kg | 4 h | not published |
| GR Mini ↗Smaller biped with touch-sensitive head, interactive lighting and 5-DoF arms. Catalog figures are approximate: height ≈127 cm (1266 mm), weight ≈43 kg, runtime ≈2 h. | Commercial | — | 127 cm | 43 kg | 25 | — | 2 h | not published |
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Deployments
Named customers, what the robots do there, and how far it has gone.
| Customer | What | When | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta ↗ | Co-developed 'Max', a 1.5 m, 48 kg humanoid prototype built in about three months and demonstrated to Meta employees in late August. Work on Max 2 began in September. For research only, not for sale. | 2026 | Pilot |
| SAIC-GM ↗ | GR-1 tested on factory tasks such as obstacle avoidance and high-voltage component assembly | — | Trial |
| China Construction Bank (Shanghai Branch) ↗ | Robot training center being built to train GR-1 as a bank reception manager | — | Pilot |
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Dated facts
Milestones, orders, factories and filings, newest first.
- 2026-11Omdia estimated Fourier shipped 300 humanoid robots in 2025, ranking sixth globally. Meta tapped Fourier to co-build its 'Max' humanoid prototype. ↗
- 2026-07Launched the GRW, its first high-payload wheeled dual-arm robot, at the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai. Aimed at material handling, warehousing, manufacturing and rehabilitation. ↗
- 2026-01First appearance at CES (Las Vegas), bringing GR-3 to the United States for the first time. Also showed a doll-size companion concept that is still in development. ↗
- 2026Company says it serves more than 2,000 institutions across 60 countries. Its June 2025 filing and CES 2026 coverage said 40+ countries. ↗
- 2025-06Runyang Technology (300920.SZ) agreed to invest RMB 300 million in an E3 round at a pre-money valuation of RMB 8 billion, for 3.5060% after a 3% ESOP issue. The filing says Fourier has over 600 employees and rehab products in 2,000+ hospitals and institutions in 40+ countries. ↗
- 2025-01Series E financing reached 'nearly 800 million yuan'. Participants included Guoxin Investment, Pudong Venture Capital, Zhangjiang Kechuang Investment, Zhang Keyaokun Fund, Prosperity7 and Junshan Capital. ↗
- 2024-03NVIDIA listed Fourier Intelligence among the humanoid companies it is building its Project GR00T AI platform for. ↗
- 2024Rebranded from Fourier Intelligence to Fourier earlier in 2024, before the GR-2 launch. ↗
- 2023-07Unveiled the GR-1 humanoid at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. ↗
- 2022-01Completed an RMB 400 million Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund, followed by Prosperity7 Ventures and Vision Plus Capital. Prosperity7 called it the highest single round of financing in its field. ↗
- 2015-07Registered as 上海傅利叶智能科技有限公司 on 30 July 2015 in Pudong, Shanghai. Legal representative: 顾捷 (Gu Jie), who held 11.5560% before the E3 round and 10.8042% after. ↗
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Not yet confirmed
Claims seen in only one non-official place. Shown so they can be checked, not as findings.
- Who led the Series E: aifunding.me says Shanghai Guoxin, aiwiki.ai says Prosperity7 (aggregators, not fetched)
- Post-money valuation of 'roughly CNY 8.5 billion' after the E3 round (aiwiki.ai). The filing itself gives RMB 8 billion pre-money.
- GR-1 target of 100 units by end of 2023 (humanoid.guide)
- GR-1 price of US$125,000 (unsourced listing seen in search results)
- GR-3 'pre-sale' / early-bird pricing (chozan.co / sacra.com analyses)
- Original Meta 'Max' reporting is from The Information (paywalled, not fetched). Details here are as TechNode reports them.
- N1 has 23 DoF (Chinese-language 163.com report, not fetched)
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Sources
Retrieved 2026-11-08.
- Fourier GR Family Product Catalog (2026-10) — Fourier
- Fourier home page (English) — Fourier
- About Fourier — Fourier
- About GR-3 — Fourier support
- About GR-2 — Fourier support
- 润阳科技 公告 2025-052: 关于对外投资暨增资上海傅利叶智能科技有限公司的进展公告 — Zhejiang Runyang New Material Technology via CNINFO (SZSE filing)
- Why Meta Turned to China's Fourier for Its Humanoid Robot — TechNode
- Fourier Intelligence Completes RMB 400 Million Series D Financing — Prosperity7 Ventures
- "Fourier" has completed a new round of financing, with the total amount reaching nearly 800 million yuan — 36Kr Europe
- China's Fourier Intelligence Debuts General-Purpose Humanoid Robot at World AI Conference — Yicai Global
- Chinese Robotics Pioneer Fourier Unveils First Open-Source Android — Yicai Global
- Fourier launches GR-2 humanoid, software platform — The Robot Report
- Fourier Intelligence launches production version of GR-1 humanoid robot — The Robot Report
- Fourier unveils humanoid robot designed for care applications — RockingRobots
- Fourier Makes CES Debut With GR-3 (PR Newswire release) — Adnkronos / PR Newswire
- CES 2026: Fourier Intelligence unveils full-size humanoid robot GR-3 — Gasgoo
- Wheeled Dual-arm Robot Adapts to Diverse Tasks — Science and Technology Daily
- NVIDIA Announces Project GR00T Foundation Model for Humanoid Robots — NVIDIA Newsroom