Research labs
Meta FAIR (Fundamental AI Research)
United States
Yann LeCun left Meta in November 2025 after founding FAIR in 2013, to launch the startup AMI Labs; FAIR continues under Rob Fergus inside Meta Superintelligence Labs, but public sources do not clearly confirm physical AI as a distinct strategic priority in mid-2026.
AffiliationMeta Platforms, sous-groupe de Meta Superintelligence Labs
CountryUS
TypeCorporate
Research areasworld models, embodied simulation, tactile perception, human-robot collaboration
Flagship contributionPublished V-JEPA 2, a 1.2-billion-parameter self-supervised world model trained on over one million hours of video that enables zero-shot robotic control on a Franka arm.
Key peopleRob Fergus (Director of AI Research chez FAIR depuis mai 2025)
Open outputsV-JEPA 2 (poids et code ouverts), PARTNR (benchmark et dataset de 100 000 tâches domestiques), Meta Sparsh (encodeur tactile), Meta Digit 360 et Digit Plexus (capteurs et plateforme matérielle), tous publiés fin 2024 et en 2025.
Sources : Meta AI (2025-06)TechCrunch (2025-05-08)MIT Technology Review (2026-01-22)
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