GR-2 - Fourier Intelligence
GR-2 Humanoid Robot
Robot GR-2 is the latest humanoid project developed by Fourier Intelligence, a company known for advanced robotic rehabilitation solutions and innovative artificial intelligence systems. In 2025, Fourier Intelligence updated the GR-2 project to better address the needs of modern work environments where both mobility and effective interaction with people matter.
GR-2 was designed to move freely in spaces created for people, climb stairs, enter narrow passages, and perform basic manipulation tasks in offices, warehouses, and service areas. The company emphasizes that thanks to its lightweight design and optimized electric actuators, the robot offers stable walking and low energy consumption, which is important in everyday use.
Fourier Intelligence also places strong emphasis on safety. GR-2 is equipped with advanced protective systems such as force limiters and collision sensors, which minimize risk in situations involving close contact with people. This makes the robot an ideal assistant for supporting staff with simple, repetitive activities and relieving people of physically demanding tasks.
In the longer term, GR-2 is intended to become a platform for commercial and educational deployments, enabling integration with IT systems and adaptation to specific market needs. Updates introduced by Fourier Intelligence in 2025 emphasize further improvements in mobility, energy efficiency, and human-robot interaction, making GR-2 one of the most advanced humanoids available on the market.
History and Development
History of the GR-2 Humanoid Robot
The GR-2 robot builds on Fourier Intelligence's experience in robotic rehabilitation and assistive systems. The company, which gained recognition for its innovative exoskeletons and rehabilitation devices, decided to transfer these solutions into humanoid robotics.
A Legacy in Robotic Rehabilitation
- Fourier Intelligence became known as a provider of innovative solutions supporting patients in regaining mobility, allowing the company to develop unique expertise in actuators, sensors, and human biomechanics.
- Since around 2020, the company has begun transferring these mechanisms and motion-control algorithms to projects in which bipedal mobility and AI integration are crucial for supporting everyday tasks.
Evolution from Prototypes to an Advanced Humanoid
- In the early stages, Fourier Intelligence focused on refining the balance mechanism and actuator control, drawing inspiration from rehabilitation systems. This work led to the first GR-2 prototypes, which were unveiled in 2021.
- In 2022, the company officially announced the GR-2 humanoid robot project, presenting a bipedal design and modular arms adapted to carrying small loads. Fourier Intelligence set out to create a robot ready to work as a reception assistant, support light logistics tasks and serve as an educational and research tool.
Further development GR-2, intensified in 2023-2025, includes expanding speech recognition functions, integration with API interfaces enabling communication with IT systems, and improvements in energy efficiency and manipulator functionality. Fourier Intelligence anticipates that subsequent generations GR-2 will play an increasingly important role in automating service and educational processes, contributing to greater efficiency and safe human-robot collaboration.
Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications of the GR-2 Humanoid Robot
The following information is based on official materials from the manufacturer, Fourier Intelligence, concerning the GR-2 humanoid robot. GR-2 is an advanced humanoid robot designed to perform complex tasks in different environments, combining modern engineering and software solutions.
| Parameter | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 175 cm | Similar to the height of an average person. |
| Weight | 63 kg | Lightweight design for easier mobility. |
| Degrees of Freedom (DoF) | 53 | Enables complex movements. |
| Single-arm payload | 3 kg | Allows manipulation of lightweight objects. |
| Battery | Replaceable, operating time approximately 2 hours | Enables longer operation thanks to easy replacement. |
| Maximum Speed | 5 km/h | Enables efficient movement in human environments. |
| Hands | 12 degrees of freedom, 6 touch sensors | They provide precise manipulation and the ability to perform complex tasks. |
| Control System | Remote operation via VR, programming by demonstration, direct commands | Makes robot interaction and programming easier. |
| Actuators | 7 types of FSA 2.0 actuators, torque up to 380 Nm | Provide dynamic and precise movement. |
| Design | Integrated cabling | Facilitates modularity and adaptation to different applications. |
| Programming Platform | SDK compatible with ROS, NVIDIA Isaac Lab, Mujoco | Enables application development using popular frameworks. |
GR-2 is an advanced humanoid robot developed by Fourier Intelligence and represents a significant step forward in humanoid robotics. Thanks to its advanced design, modular components, and flexible programming options, GR-2 is a versatile tool for research, education, and potentially industrial and service applications. Its ability to perform precise manipulation and dynamic movement makes it an ideal solution for tasks requiring interaction in human environments.
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Applications and Use Cases
The GR-2 robot was designed for applications where mobility in human-designed environments, combined with light manipulation capabilities, delivers tangible benefits. Fourier Intelligence views GR-2 as a key element of automation in service and education sectors and research laboratories.
Service and Reception Industry
Greeting Guests and Providing Information: The GR-2 robot can support reception staff in hotels, conference centers, and other public venues by providing directions, distributing information materials, and handling simple voice queries.
Minor Assistant Tasks: Thanks to lightweight manipulators, the robot can carry documents, keys and small items between departments, relieving staff of repetitive tasks.
Light Logistics and Warehouse Tasks
Handling Small Loads: The GR-2 bipedal design enables movement through narrow passages and on stairs, which can be challenging for traditional wheeled robots. The robot can efficiently transport small parcels or objects between different points in a warehouse.
Integration with Management Systems: Planned integration with WMS and ERP systems will enable automatic task retrieval and real-time progress reporting, increasing operational efficiency.
Education and Research Work
R&D Platform: The GR-2 robot is an ideal tool for testing control algorithms, computer vision, and human-robot interaction under conditions close to real life.
Demonstrations and Workshops: Thanks to an attractive form and the ability to perform basic tasks, the humanoid attracts attention at conferences and educational events, enabling presentations of innovative AI and mechanical solutions.
Customer Service in Retail
Product Presentations and Consumer Assistance: In stores and shopping centers, GR-2 can act as an advisor, indicating the location of products and providing information about the offer, strengthening the company's image as modern and innovative.
Staff Support: To a limited extent, the robot can help with minor housekeeping tasks or transfer lightweight items to back-of-house areas.
Support in Home and Care Environments (Future Perspective)
Small Auxiliary Tasks: Although this is not currently its main segment, GR-2 may in the future be adapted to perform simple household commands, such as handing over light objects or assisting people with limited mobility.
Rehabilitation Assistance: Drawing on Fourier Intelligence's experience in rehabilitation, the robot could potentially support patients during rehabilitation exercises, subject to appropriate modifications to the manipulators and safety algorithms.
All these applications are intended to relieve personnel of repetitive, light tasks and introduce modern solutions that automate everyday processes. Future development of AI functions and further mechanical improvements may expand the range of applications GR-2 with more advanced manipulation and interaction tasks.
Technology and Innovation, Safety
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The GR-2 Robot, developed by Fourier Intelligence, combines advanced humanoid mechanics with artificial-intelligence algorithms to move efficiently in environments designed for people and perform basic interaction with its surroundings. Below are the key technological elements that influence its performance and safety:
Bipedal Mechanics and Stabilization
- Electric Actuators: GR-2 uses modern, lightweight electric actuators in its legs and joints, enabling smooth walking and navigation of stairs, ramps, and corridors with standard office dimensions.
- Balance Maintenance Algorithms: The robot continuously analyzes data from accelerometers, gyroscopes, and depth sensors, adjusting its position in real time, which significantly reduces the risk of falling when encountering small obstacles.
Manipulators and Gripping Functions
- Arms with Limited Payload: GR-2 was designed to carry light objects, typically weighing a few kilograms, enabling it to handle documents, small goods, or parcels within its reach.
- Pressure Sensors and Motion Planning: Fourier Intelligence is working to equip the manipulators with force sensors in the hands, enabling precise adjustment of grip force to the shape and sensitivity of handled objects.
Application of AI Algorithms
- Object and Speech Recognition: GR-2 is designed for integration with advanced AI systems that enable object recognition and interpretation of voice commands. Current versions allow basic interaction, while further updates in 2025 are expected to extend these functions to more languages and more complex conversational tasks.
- Real-Time Motion Planning: Thanks to machine learning algorithms, the robot can autonomously modify its trajectory, avoid obstacles, and stop before unexpected objects, increasing both operational efficiency and safety.
Safe Collaboration with People
- Joint Force Limits: Specially developed mechanisms and algorithms automatically limit peak torque, minimizing the risk of injury in the event of unintended contact with a person.
- Collision Detection and E-Stop System: GR-2 is equipped with an advanced collision-detection system that enables immediate stopping of limb movement. In emergency situations, the operator can also use the E-Stop button for rapid drive shutdown.
Thanks to these technological solutions and continuous updates, GR-2 is a safe and efficient tool capable of working effectively with people in various work environments.
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Integration and Compatibility, Personalization and Solution Customization
Fourier Intelligence focuses on the versatility of Robot GR-2, enabling it to adapt to a broad range of applications, from light warehouse tasks and reception service to educational support in laboratories and universities.
Open Programming Interface (API)
- Creating Dedicated Applications: The manufacturer plans to provide a set of developer tools that will enable definition of manipulation tasks, motion planning, and integration of AI functions.
- Integration with Cloud Platforms: Enables real-time data transmission to AI services, such as image or speech recognition, and receipt of instructions from resource management systems such as WMS.
Connectivity and Robot Management
- Wi-Fi, Ethernet: The robot can be connected to a local network or the cloud, enabling ongoing software updates, remote configuration, and monitoring of device operation.
- Monitoring and Analytics: Collected data such as travel routes, the number of items moved, and energy consumption is sent to the cloud and analyzed, supporting optimization of operational processes.
Customization of Upper Limbs and Grippers
- Different Types of Grippers: Depending on the industry, for example handling small goods in a store or moving documents in an office, the robot can be equipped with grippers of different shapes and precision levels.
- Manipulator Expansion Plan: Fourier Intelligence plans to make the robot's arms more versatile and precise in future versions, increasing GR-2's manipulation capabilities.
Housing and Functionality Customization
- Visual Identity: The housing panels can be modified so that the robot matches the company's colors and style, which is important for marketing and brand recognition.
- Sensor Configuration: Depending on requirements, additional sensors such as depth sensors, thermal cameras or measurement modules can be added, expanding the range of applications, particularly in R&D environments.
Cooperation with Partners and Pilot Programs
- Real-World Testing: Fourier Intelligence plans to provide the robot to industry partners to develop best practices and verify GR-2 functionality under real operating conditions.
- Education and Laboratories: The manufacturer also offers special versions for universities and research centers, enabling work with advanced AI tools and control systems and supporting the development of innovative solutions.
Thanks to these solutions, GR-2 Robot can be easily adapted to different scenarios, serving as a flexible integration platform that can be expanded with additional functions as market needs change. Fourier Intelligence aims to create a cooperation ecosystem in which a humanoid robot plays a key role in modern automation processes.
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Benefits for Customers
The GR-2 robot, developed by Fourier Intelligence, offers a number of important benefits in service environments, light logistics applications and the education sector. As a humanoid device with advanced motion stabilization and basic manipulation capabilities, GR-2 supports employees by relieving them of routine tasks and introducing an element of innovation into everyday processes.
Improving Efficiency and Relieving Staff
- The GR-2 Robot can take over repetitive tasks such as transporting documents in an office, delivering small products between departments, or handling basic reception activities, allowing employees to focus on tasks requiring higher-level skills.
- Bipedal locomotion enables the robot to work in standard spaces designed for people, eliminating the need for costly infrastructure adaptation.
Versatility in the Service and Education Sectors
- GR-2 is well suited to reception-assistant or promotional roles in hotels, shopping centers, and other public places, reinforcing a company's modern image.
- In educational institutions, the robot serves as a research and learning platform, enabling experiments with programming, machine learning, and human-robot interaction.
Simple Integration with IT Infrastructure
- Thanks to a planned open programming interface (API), GR-2 can be remotely monitored and controlled and integrated with cloud services and management systems such as WMS, facilitating automation and optimization of operational processes
- Collected operational data enables efficiency analysis and continuous software updates that support the development and adaptation of robot functions.
Safe Collaboration with People
- Force limiters, collision-detection mechanisms, and an E-Stop button help ensure that GR-2 operates safely in close proximity to people.
- In the event of unexpected contact with a person or object, the robot automatically brakes its movement, helping maintain high occupational health and safety standards.
Expandable and Flexible Platform
- GR-2's design and software were created to enable easy adaptation of upper limbs, grippers, and artificial-intelligence algorithms to the specific needs of different industries, from light warehouse work and reception services to scientific research.
- Fourier Intelligence plans further improvements, including increased manipulator precision, improved battery performance, and expanded environment recognition and interpretation functions, enabling an even broader range of robot applications.
Thanks to these solutions, GR-2 Robot brings measurable operational benefits by increasing process efficiency, improving customer service, and supporting the development of innovation within organizations.
FAQ, 9 Most Frequently Asked Questions
GR-2 Humanoid Robot
Below you will find brief answers to typical questions about the GR-2 Robot. If you have further questions or would like more detailed information, please contact us or read the extended FAQ section.
Fourier Intelligence is currently conducting pilot projects and R&D tests and does not yet offer the robot broadly on the commercial market. Larger-scale deployment is planned for the future depending on test results and customer feedback.
The official price has not yet been announced. Purchase cost depends on the selected configuration, such as gripper type, AI modules, additional service options, and the number of units ordered. Contact us for a detailed quotation.
Test versions suggest that GR-2 can operate for several hours under moderate load. Subsequent iterations are expected to focus on optimizing energy management to extend autonomous operating time.
Current arm and hand versions are intended for manipulating light loads, usually weighing a few kilograms, sufficient for reception, service, or light logistics tasks.
Fourier Intelligence has announced the development of speech recognition algorithms and conversational systems that will allow GR-2 to conduct simple dialogues with users. At the initial stage, the robot supports basic commands in the most widely used languages.
The robot is equipped with advanced collision detection systems and joint torque limiters, as well as an E-Stop button that allows the drives to be shut down immediately in hazardous situations. Standard occupational health and safety procedures are still recommended.
Yes, the bipedal design of GR-2 is intended to allow it to climb standard-sized stairs. Its performance may be limited in more difficult terrain.
The planned API will enable GR-2 to connect with external services and WMS and ERP software, allowing automatic task assignment and real-time operation monitoring.
The current GR-2 design is optimized for indoor environments. Operation outdoors or on difficult terrain may be limited by the characteristics of the actuators used and the mobility design.
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