Foundation Future Industries · industrial humanoid
Phantom
MK-1
San Francisco start-up's humanoid with eight cameras and cycloidal actuators, aimed at factories and the military; an MK-2 followed.
- Price
- —Leased at about $100,000 per robot per year (reported); a database lists $150,000 purchase (unconfirmed). MK-2 price not published.
- Height
- 175 cmTaller than 73%
- Weight
- 80 kgHeavier than 73%
- Payload
- 20 kgCarries more than 72%
- Speed
- 6.1 km/hFaster than 72%
- Battery
- —Not published
Not for sale: No buy, lease or waitlist page: foundation.bot shows only 'Subscribe for updates'; leases are reportedly signed directly with industrial and government customers.
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Why it matters
One of the first humanoids openly marketed for defense use; two units sent to Ukraine for logistics and reconnaissance tests.
Real-world use
US Pentagon research contracts worth $24 million (reported); industrial pilots in consumer goods, beverage and glass manufacturing.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2025
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Foundation Future IndustriesCompany · founded 2024 · San Francisco, United States$11M pre-seed led by Tribe Capital (Aug 2024), about $21M total by 2025 (Sacra); reported to be seeking about $500M at over $3B (Apr 2026, The…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Phantom (MK-1) is taller than 73% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Phantom (MK-1) is heavier than 73% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Phantom (MK-1) is faster than 72% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Phantom (MK-1) carries more than 72% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Phantom (MK-1) and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
#15 of 377 current humanoids in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- about 1 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
- 2 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- Proprietary cycloid actuators: 160 Nm peak, under 1 Nm back-drive torque, under 10 ms response, 48 V/72 V; joint torques wrist 20 Nm, shoulder 119 Nm, legs over 160 Nm.
- Hands
- Not published.
- Sensors & vision
- Eight cameras, no LiDAR disclosed (The Next Web via Let's Data Science).
- Compute
- Upper torso houses computers; Foundation's 'Cortex' AI handles perception and autonomy.
- Battery & power
- In the upper torso; capacity not published.
- AI & software
- Cortex AI; Foundation describes a physics-action model.
- Other details
- 80 kg, 1.7 m/s; company page lists 40 kg payload while other sources give 20 kg (44 lb); 19 upper-body DoF.
Named suppliers:AMD
From the maker
Phantom (MK-1) is the only humanoid from Foundation Future Industries in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedLeased at about $100,000 per robot per year (reported); a database lists $150,000 purchase (unconfirmed). MK-2 price not published.
- How to get one
- Not for saleNo buy, lease or waitlist page: foundation.bot shows only 'Subscribe for updates'; leases are reportedly signed directly with industrial and government customers.
- Built
- Planned about 40 robots in 2025, 10,000 in 2026 and 40,000 in 2027 (company plan, Dec 2025).
- Sold or delivered
- Leased, not sold; two MK-1 units sent to Ukraine in February 2026 for testing (The Next Web, via Let's Data Science).
- Where it is sold or used
- United States, Ukraine (testing)
- Customers and pilots
- US Army, Navy and Air Force research contracts ($24M, 2026); pilots in consumer goods, beverage and glass manufacturing
For builders
Can you program Phantom (MK-1)? What Foundation Future Industries publishes.
Nothing on the maker’s own pages when we looked. Access may exist for customers. No SDK, API or developer pages on the maker's site when checked.
From foundation.bot, checked October 12, 2026. This describes what the maker publishes, not what the robot can do.
Where it works
2 reported deployments.
- Pilot
Ukraine (testing) · since 2026-02 · 2 units
Two Phantom humanoids were sent to Ukraine in February 2026 for logistics and reconnaissance testing (reported). Two Phantom MK-1 units Let's Data Science
- Pilot
US Army, Navy and Air Force · since 2026
Foundation won about $24 million in Pentagon research contracts to test Phantom humanoids with the US services. $24 million in research contracts Let's Data Science
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- $24M in Pentagon research contracts
Foundation won Army, Navy and Air Force awards to test humanoids.
Let's Data Science - Two Phantoms sent to Ukraine
Units went for logistics and reconnaissance testing, per The Next Web.
Let's Data Science - Military humanoid production plan
Foundation planned 10,000 robots in 2026, leased to the US military and industry.
Assembly Magazine
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Phantom (MK-1)Foundation Future Industries |  Figure 03Figure AISame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  AtomDobot (Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology)Same job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSuyuanShanghai ElectricSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025 | 2025-10-09 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-07-26 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | 175 cm | 173 cm | 153 cm | 167 cm |
| Weight | 80 kg | 61 kg | 62 kg | 50 kg |
| Joints | — | 60 | 28 | 38 |
| Speed | 6.1 km/h | 4.3 km/h | 5.4 km/h | 5 km/h |
| Payload | 20 kg | 20 kg | — | 10 kg |
| Battery | — | 5 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $27,500 | — |
Sources
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