Foundation

Foundation Robotics opens the doors to its San Francisco "Robo Factory 1," showcasing the manual assembly of the Phantom MK1 and a new bio-inspired tendon-driven hand.

In a candid new profile, Foundation CEO Sankaet Pathak explicitly embraces the weaponization of humanoid robots, even as a failed demo highlights the gap between battlefield ambitions and engineering reality.

CEO Sankaet Pathak posted a 20-minute, unedited video of the Phantom humanoid walking. While the gait is rudimentary, Pathak claims the underlying DVBF-based AI policy is the real breakthrough, requiring no manual tuning for deployment.

In a new NewsNation segment, Foundation CEO Sankaet Pathak expanded on his company's military ambitions, detailing a progression from "ground drones" to armed robots. He also set an ambitious manufacturing goal of 10,000 humanoids in 2026.

In a new CNET feature, Foundation Robotics offered a hands-on teleoperation demo of its Phantom MK1 humanoid. CEO Sankaet Pathak used the opportunity to further detail the company's military ambitions, stating for the first time that arming the robots with guns is 'on the table.'