Phantom MK1, humanoid robot, Foundation Future Industries, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA

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Phantom Humanoid Robot MK1 Is The FIRST AI Android Training For War (OPENAI DEEP RESEARCH)

Feb 7, 2025

San Francisco-based Foundation Robotics Labs just revealed Phantom MK1 as its new humanoid robot coming to market. Nvidia and CMU release ASAP to close the gap between simulated training and real-world performance. Researchers release Instinct to teach robots how to sit up, roll or stabilize more easily. OpenAI and Google Gemini battle with 2 similar Deep Research agentic AIs.

AI news timestamps:
0:00 Phantom MK1
2:21 Nvidia ASAP
3:56 Instinct
5:05 ADAM robot
6:42 OpenAI Deep Research
7:29 Google Deep Research

 

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I teleoperated a humanoid robot made for war

Oct 12, 2025

At Foundation's headquarters in San Francisco, we met the Phantom MK1 humanoid robot and controlled it using a VR headset. Listen to the CEO discuss his aspirations to deploy the robot in factories, battlefields and, someday, on Mars.

0:00 Intro
0:45 Meet the Phantom MK1
1:20 New Robot Hands
1:55 Training for Robot Boxing
2:22 Teleoperation Demo
3:19 Humanoid Robots in War?
4:57 Robot Walking Demo
5:41 Robots and the Labor Market

Article "Humanoid Robots Headed to War? I Went Hands-On With the Phantom MK1"
At Foundation's headquarters in San Francisco, I met the Phantom MK1 humanoid robot and controlled it using a VR headset. The CEO told me his aspirations to deploy the robot in factories, on battlefields and, someday, on Mars.

by Jesse Orrall
October 12, 2025

 

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Article "US firm plans 50,000-strong humanoid robot army for defense, industrial work"
When the “first body in” isn’t human anymore, the rules of the battlefield start to shift.

by Kaif Shaikh
December 17, 2025