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Phantom MK1

About

About Phantom MK1

Phantom is a 1.8 m, 80 kg humanoid with 29 degrees of freedom and a stated walking speed of 1.7 m/s. Foundation uses proprietary cycloidal actuators delivering peak torque of 160 Nm with low back-driving resistance. Cameras and onboard sensing provide the primary perception inputs for operation in human-scale environments.

Cortex software converts task instructions and perception into whole-body motion, while teleoperation and collected demonstrations support early skill development. Foundation describes Phantom as its first production humanoid and is preparing pilot deployments across industrial and defence work. The platform is in early production and customer-validation activity.

24 JUL 2026

Humanoid Production Update

15 APR 2025

Foundation debuts Phantom MK-1, its industrial and defence humanoid

Timeline

  • Foundation targets 50,000 Phantom robots by end of 2027

    2025-12-17 - Market Signal - Intermediate company targets were 40 robots in 2025 and 10,000 in 2026. Foundation proposed leasing robots for around $100,000 per year rather than selling them outright.

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  • Foundation demonstrates Phantom MK1 at Newsweek headquarters

    2025-11-19 - Demonstration - Technicians rebuilt the robot over two days after its road journey from San Francisco. Phantom stood unassisted briefly before collapsing; it also interacted with employees at the front desk.

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Context

Market context

Phantom MK1 is Foundation Robotics' human-scale humanoid for industrial and defense-oriented hazardous tasks.

  • Target environment: Industrial sites, defense support environments, hazardous facilities and structured field settings.
  • Workflow context: Teleoperation, camera-first perception, LLM-assisted control, humanoid manipulation and high-risk task support.
  • Customer context: Defense users, industrial operators and partners evaluating humanoids for first-entry or hazardous work.
  • Deployment model: Development-stage humanoid platform from Foundation Robotics.
  • Commercial maturity: Development-stage humanoid product with maturity tied to product validation, customer pilots, and clearer commercial deployment.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on autonomy, teleoperation latency, safety, manipulation, ruggedness, procurement and site-specific task proof.
  • Market position: Defense and industrial humanoid lane framed around hazardous work rather than domestic assistance.
  • Adjacent products: Persona, Apptronik Apollo, Figure 03, Moby

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