Facts

• Segment: Humanoid
• Country: China
• Founded: 2015
• Website: https://www.fftai.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Supply chain
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Record / Articles
• Sources

Summary

Fourier Intelligence builds rehabilitation robotics and general-purpose humanoid robots. Its GR series combines full-body humanoid hardware with robot-assistant and embodied-AI use cases, while the company\u2019s wider portfolio includes rehabilitation systems for clinical and physical-health settings.

Market context

One of the few companies transitioning from deployed rehabilitation robotics into full humanoid systems, bringing real-world healthcare experience into humanoid design. Proprietary humanoid platforms (GR-1, GR-2, GR-3) and rehabilitation systems.

• Capability: Development of humanoid and assistive robotic systems Integration of perception, control, and human interaction Deployment of rehabilitation robotics across global institutions
• Strategic position: Established robotics company expanding from medical systems into humanoid platforms Positioned at the intersection of healthcare and general-purpose robotics

Products

• GR-3

Facts

• Website: https://www.fftai.com
• HQ: Shanghai, China
• Founded: 2015
• Segment: Humanoid

Supply chain

GR series humanoid / rehab (FFTAI product pages).

• Layer: oem_builders
• Role types: Robot OEM
• Robotics categories: humanoid, rehab, gr
• Profile confidence: high

Humanoid and rehabilitation robotics from a healthcare robotics base

Fourier develops humanoid robots and rehabilitation robotics systems. The company began in healthcare and physical rehabilitation, then expanded into GR-series humanoid robots, open-source humanoid work and embodied AI platforms.

• Target environment: Healthcare rehabilitation sites, research labs, education settings, service environments and humanoid development contexts.
• Deployment model: Robotics platform model built around rehabilitation systems, humanoid hardware, application software, datasets, open-source projects and partner deployments.
• Customer context: Healthcare organizations, rehabilitation users, robotics researchers, education institutions, embodied AI developers and customers evaluating humanoid systems.
• Workflow context: Rehabilitation assistance, bipedal humanoid development, dexterous hands, teleoperation, human-robot interaction, embodied AI and service robotics workflows.
• Commercial maturity: Fourier Intelligence has mature activity in rehabilitation robotics and an expanding humanoid program, with GR-series humanoids still earlier than its healthcare robotics base.
• Market position: Chinese robotics builder positioned between healthcare robotics, humanoid platforms and embodied AI tooling.
• Adoption constraints: Humanoid reliability, production scale, healthcare regulation, application fit, autonomy, safety, pricing and separation between clinical systems and general-purpose humanoids.
• Adjacent context: Humanoid robotics, healthcare robotics, rehabilitation robots, embodied AI, service robotics and bipedal platforms.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-05-06 - Research Publication - RLDX-1 releases GR-1 Tabletop humanoid manipulation checkpoint - RLWRLD released RLDX-1-FT-GR1, a model checkpoint fine-tuned for the GR-1 Tabletop benchmark.
• 2026-01-07 - Demonstration - Fourier debuts GR-3 humanoid robot at CES 2026 - GR-3 is a full-size 'Care-bot' designed for human-centered scenarios.
• 2025-08-21 - Production Milestone - Fourier Intelligence delivers over 10,000 AI-driven robots worldwide - Fourier Intelligence has delivered over 10,000 AI-driven robots globally.
• 2025-08-06 - Product Launch - Fourier unveils GR-3 care-centric humanoid robot - The company described GR-3 as a 165 cm, 71 kg humanoid with 55 degrees of freedom.
• 2025-07-29 - Partnership - Johnson Electric JV secures humanoid robot module partnerships at WAIC - The JV displayed integrated joint modules, dexterous hands and dexterous-arm products.
• 2025-05-21 - Demonstration - Fourier Robotics Demonstrates GR-2 and N1 at ICRA 2025 - Fourier Robotics showcased the GR-2 humanoid robot, featuring 53 degrees of freedom and a 3 kg single-arm load capacity.
• 2025-05-19 - Partnership - NVIDIA powers humanoid robot industry with Isaac GR00T platform adopted by Agility, Boston Dynamics, Fourier and others - NVIDIA released Isaac GR00T N foundation models enabling humanoid robo…
• 2025-03-18 - Research Publication - GR00T N1 research uses Fourier GR-1 for generalist humanoid manipulation - NVIDIA and collaborators introduced GR00T N1 as an open foundation model for generalist humanoid robot reaso…
• 2025-03-01 - Research Publication - Fourier releases ActionNet dexterous bimanual humanoid manipulation dataset - Fourier introduced ActionNet as a dexterous bimanual manipulation dataset for humanoid robots with more t…
• 2024-12-12 - Partnership - Fourier Rehab and University Malaya Medical Centre partner on rehabilitation robotics lab - The partnership targets clinical research, academic collaboration, and robotic rehabilitation applic…
• 2024-12-11 - Award - Fourier GR-1 humanoid robot wins grand award at 2024 Design Intelligence Award - Fourier GR-1 claimed the grand award at the 2024 Design Intelligence Award in Hangzhou, the highest honor at the comp…
• 2024-11-06 - Demonstration - Fourier trains GR-2 humanoid robot using NVIDIA Isaac Gym - The training process enhances GR-2's decision-making and performance in complex environments.
• 2024-09-26 - Product Launch - Fourier Robotics launches GR-2 humanoid robot - • Fourier Robotics unveiled the GR-2 humanoid robot in Shanghai on September 26, 2024.
• 2023-12-29 - Product Launch - Fourier Intelligence launches production version of GR-1 humanoid robot - Fourier Intelligence launched the production version of the GR-1 humanoid robot platform.

Operations / Deployments

• 2023-12-29 - Product Launch - Fourier Intelligence launches production version of GR-1 humanoid robot - Fourier Intelligence launched the production version of the GR-1 humanoid robot platform.

Team

• Alex Gu - Founder - Founder associated with Fourier's shift from rehabilitation robotics into GR-series humanoid robots and embodied AI platforms.
• Gu Jie (Alex Gu / 顾捷) - Founder & CEO
• Zen Koh - Co-founder & Global CEO

Supply chain relationships

• NVIDIA - integration - Fourier adopts NVIDIA Isaac platform for humanoid development
• NVIDIA - platform_support - Fourier used NVIDIA Isaac Gym / Isaac Lab to train GR-series humanoids; not a component supply row — platform workflow relationship.

Relationships

• NVIDIA - partner - NVIDIA powers humanoid robot industry with Isaac GR00T platform adopted by Agility, Boston Dynamics, Fourier and others
• D-Robotics - partner - Strategic cooperation on embodied intelligent interaction; RDK S600 platform with Fourier (incl. GR-3).
• Clinical robotics lab partner - Fourier Rehab and University Malaya Medical Centre signed an MOU for a joint rehabilitation robotics lab.

Context tags

• Rehabilitation robotics platform - Stack Layer - Fourier provides rehabilitation robotics platforms for clinical use.
• Rehabilitation robotics - Peer Group - Fourier develops rehabilitation robotics and exoskeleton systems.
• Assistive hand function - Workflow - GR-1 hand function for assistive and rehabilitation applications
• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Builds complete humanoid robot system
• Healthcare and assistive - Customer Environment - Rehabilitation and assistive healthcare environments
• Medical exoskeletons - Peer Group - Fourier exoskeleton products support mobility assistance.
• Gait rehabilitation - Workflow - Fourier rehabilitation robots support gait training applications.
• Upper-limb rehabilitation - Workflow - Fourier upper-limb rehabilitation devices support arm and hand therapy.
• Powered limb assistance - Capability - Fourier provides powered assistance for impaired limb function.
• Intent-based motion control - Capability - Fourier systems support motion intent sensing and exoskeleton control.
• Medical robot OEM - Stack Layer - Fourier builds complete rehabilitation robotic systems.
• Humanoid-adjacent rehabilitation robotics - Peer Group - Fourier develops humanoid-adjacent rehabilitation robotics and exoskeleton systems alongside humanoid platforms like GR-1.
• Bionic robotics company - Peer Group - Exoskeleton and rehabilitation robotics heritage
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - GR-1 commercially deployed in pilot healthcare settings
• Rehabilitation clinics - Customer Environment - Fourier rehabilitation robots are used in therapy and clinical settings.
• End-effector adjacent hardware - Stack Layer - Exoskeleton and rehabilitation hardware product line

Customers and deployments

• Estimated 2025 Humanoid Shipments - 300 robots shipped in 2025 - 2026-01-09 - Fourier Intelligence appears in Omdia/Rest of World 2025 humanoid shipment estimates at 300 robots shipped in 2025. This row is a market-esti…
• Mass Produced Humanoid Status - GR-1 described as first mass-produced humanoid robot - 2024-06-19 - humanoid robot production - Fourier says it launched its first mass-produced humanoid robot, GR-1, in 2023. The disclos…
• Production Version Launch - production version launched - 2023-12-29 - humanoid robot manufacturing - The Robot Report covered Fourier Intelligence launching a production version of the GR-1 humanoid robot. The disclosu…
• Gr1 100 Unit 2023 Target - 100 GR-1 robots targeted by end of 2023 - 2023-08-22 - NewsDirect/Nasdaq coverage of Fourier Intelligence said GR-1 deployment for R&D was underway and mass production was planned by year-end;…

Record / Articles

• 2026-04-12 - China’s humanoid push is moving into production - Output, capacity, and supply chains are starting to take shape across the stack - Korthos: /research/china-s-humanoid-push-is-moving-into-production
• 2025-08-06 - Fourier unveils GR-3, its first care-centric humanoid robot - The Shanghai robotics company's third-generation GRx humanoid uses soft-touch design and multimodal emotional interaction for nursing homes and…