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Fourier
Full-stack robotics company (founded 2015 in Shanghai as a rehabilitation-robotics maker serving 2,000+ medical institutions in 40+ countries) that expanded into general-purpose and care-focused humanoids; the GRx series uses in-house Fourier Smart Actuators, the FDH6 dexterous hand and embodied-AI for manipulation, guided tours, rehabilitation and companion/eldercare tasks. Raised a ~800M RMB (~$109M) Series E in Jan 2025 led by Prosperity7 Ventures.
Company overview
Identity and operating footprint
Robot models
Specifications remain vendor-claimed
Fourier N1
- 130 cm tall, 38 kg, 23 degrees of freedom, max speed 3.5 m/s, back-mounted swappable battery with 2h+ runtime; fully open-source (hardware CAD, BOM, assembly guides, software on GitHub)
vendor-defined dimensions, joint count, top speed and battery runtime for the open-source developer humanoid
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GR-1
- 165 cm tall, 55 kg, 44 degrees of freedom, max speed 5 km/h, peak torque 230 N·m; marketed as world's first mass-produced general-purpose humanoid robot
vendor-defined dimensions, joint count, maximum walking speed and actuator torque for the GR-1 platform
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GR-2
- 175 cm tall, 63 kg, 53 degrees of freedom, single-arm payload 3 kg, peak torque 380 N·m via FSA 2.0 actuators; 12-DoF dexterous hands with 6 tactile sensors; swappable battery with up to 2h runtime
vendor-defined dimensions, joint count, arm payload, actuator peak torque, hand dexterity and battery runtime
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GR-3
- 165 cm tall, 71 kg, 55 degrees of freedom; dual hot-swappable battery with up to 3h runtime; care-centric 'soft-shell' design with automotive-grade upholstery
vendor-defined dimensions, joint count, and battery system for care-focused humanoid
Claim source - 31 distributed pressure sensors, RGB and structured-light camera module, 4-microphone omnidirectional array for multimodal interaction
vendor-defined sensing suite for social care and emotional interaction tasks
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Deployment log
Announced and cited only
Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Corporate
Runyang Technology (Zhejiang Runyang New Material Technology)
Round sourceSeries E
Guoxin Investment, Prosperity7 Ventures, Pudong Venture Capital
Round sourceSeries D
Prosperity7 Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Vision Plus Capital
Round sourceVenture
Round sourceVenture
Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund
Round sourceSeries C
Qianhai Fund of Funds, Vision Plus Capital
Round sourceVenture
Round sourceSeries B
IDG Capital, Shenzhen Guozhong Capital Management, Volcanics Venture
Round sourceSeries B
Round sourceSeries A
IDG Capital, Prosperico Ventures, Qianhai Fund of Funds, Volcanics Venture
Round sourceCompany timeline
Milestones and announcements
Source ledger
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