HumanoidsMilitary and industrial humanoid
Phantom MK-1
by Foundation Future Industries
Phantom is a humanoid robot from San Francisco start-up Foundation, built mainly for military customers. The company says it can also work in factories and warehouses. Assembly Magazine, 17 Dec 2025
- Evidence
- Company-reported only
- Human help
- Not disclosed
- Last milestone
- 23 April 2026
01Can I get it?
Only through a trial
- Where it works today
- Two units were sent to Ukraine in February 2026 for front-line testing, the company told Time. Foundation plans to lease robots rather than sell them. Ukrainska Pravda, citing Time, 13 Mar 2026
- Published price
- Planned lease of about $100,000 per robot per year as of 17 Dec 2025 Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec 2025
- Human help
- The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
Update
CEO Sankaet Pathak said a new model, Phantom 2, was on the way.
Fox Business, 23 Apr 2026Company-reported
Pilot · sets the stage
Ukrainska Pravda, citing Time, 13 Mar 2026Company-reported
03Promised vs delivered
What the maker said, and when
Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.
- Said17 Dec 2025
10,000 robots in 2026
Foundation said it planned to build 40 robots in 2025, 10,000 in 2026 and 40,000 in 2027. Assembly Magazine, 17 Dec 2025
Still pendingBy March 2026, reports described an initial deployment of dozens of units planned for the year. No production count has been published.
- Said17 Dec 2025
50,000 robots by end of 2027
Foundation said it aimed to build up to 50,000 humanoids by the end of 2027. Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec 2025
Still pending
04Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.
How we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
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Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
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Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
- 3
PilotThis robot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
Placed by: Foundation sent two Phantom MK-1 robots to Ukraine for testing near the front line, first to support scouting (Feb 2026).
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Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
What we couldn't confirm. The $24 million Pentagon contract was reported by Fox Business; we could not find an official Defense Department record of it. Eric Trump is the company's chief strategy advisor. No unveiling date was confirmed.
Sources
- 01Assembly Magazine, 17 Dec 2025
- 02Ukrainska Pravda, citing Time, 13 Mar 2026
- 03Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec 2025
- 04Fox Business, 23 Apr 2026
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “Phantom MK-1 (Foundation Future Industries): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/foundation-phantom. Checked 19 October 2026.