Meta acquires Assured Robot Intelligence for humanoid AI push
meta bought assured robot intelligence (ari) to advance its humanoid robotics goals. co-founders lerrel pinto and xiaolong wang join meta’s superintelligence labs. ari built foundation models for physical labor. the team will focus on robot control and self-learning for whole-body humanoid control.
Meta acquired Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) to bolster its humanoid robotics ambitions. ARI co-founders Lerrel Pinto and Xiaolong Wang will join Meta’s Superintelligence Labs research division to develop frontier capabilities for robot control and self-learning. ARI previously focused on foundation models enabling robots to perform household chores and adapt to dynamic environments.
This acquisition follows Amazon's recent purchase of Fauna Robotics, co-founded by Pinto. Industry experts view physical world interaction as a critical path toward AGI. Market projections for the humanoid robotics sector vary widely, from $38 billion by 2035 to $5 trillion by 2050.