Foundation · United States · Full-size
Phantom MK1
The Phantom MK1 is a US-built, camera-first full-size humanoid (1.8 m, ~80 kg) from Foundation, founded by ex-Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak with offices in San Francisco and Munich.
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5 included|6 not included
Dexterous hands included
Ships with integrated five-fingered dexterous hands (ten fingers total) able to grasp unmodified human tools and handle packages/equipment. Hands are part of the platform, not a paid add-on; no separate hand pricing is published because the robot is not sold as configurable hardware.
In the crate
Reality check
You are not buying a robot, you are signing up for a supervised pilot (press-reported at roughly $100k per year) with a young defense-leaning startup: it walks and manipulates under human-in-the-loop control today, but full hands-off autonomy, untethered battery runtime, and open developer access are still works in progress, not things in the crate.
Can you get one, and what will it cost?
A planning estimate with machine, freight, duty, and tax shown separately.
You cannot order the Phantom MK1 today: it is b2b only.
Not sold to the public. According to press reports, Foundation places units through commercial factory pilots (consumer goods, beverage, glass manufacturing) and government/defense programs (US DoD research contracts, a February 2026 frontline trial in Ukraine). Access is by direct engagement with Foundation and the model is lease/subscription rather than outright sale; Foundation's own site names no customer and has no order button or sales contact.
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Catalog checked 2026-10
Businesses and institutions only. Confirm eligibility and configuration with the seller.
Not sold to the public. According to press reports, Foundation places units through commercial factory pilots (consumer goods, beverage, glass manufacturing) and government/defense programs (US DoD research contracts, a February 2026 frontline trial in Ukraine). Access is by direct engagement with Foundation and the model is lease/subscription rather than outright sale; Foundation's own site names no customer and has no order button or sales contact.
Price notes: Not sold at a fixed sticker price. Press reports (not Foundation's own site) describe a lease/subscription of roughly USD 100,000 per robot per year, with a targeted per-unit build cost around USD 100,000 and early-unit costs reported closer to USD 150,000. Foundation publishes no price, lease terms or order path, so exact terms are quote-based via Foundation. No official EUR price exists.
- Foundation (direct pilot/lease engagement) (opens in a new tab)
United States
Only route to a unit: a direct engagement with Foundation for a commercial factory pilot or government program. Press reports describe a lease of about $100k per year per robot; Foundation's site publishes no price, lease terms, order path or sales contact.
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Price not published
- Foundation (Munich office, EU engagement) (opens in a new tab)
European Union
Foundation maintains a Munich engineering office, so EU pilots are plausible via direct contact, but there is no listed EU distributor, price, or order path.
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Price not published
How the Phantom MK1 rates
Editorial ratings based on listed specifications and sales availability. They do not measure task performance, autonomy, or reliability.
- Class
- Frontier machineA cutting-edge full-scale humanoid aimed at real work. Mostly enterprise, or still proving out.
- CapabilityHardware specification indicators
- 5/5
- Baseline: any humanoid+1
- Degrees of freedom: 29 DOF+1.5
- Dexterity: dexterous hands included+1
- Scale: 180 cm tall+0.75
Key specifications
Height
180 cm
Width
55 cm
Depth
35 cm
Weight
80 kg
Degrees of freedom
29
Battery
n/a
Payload
20 kg
Top speed
1.7 m/s
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Size to scale
Drawn next to a 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) person. Every robot on the site uses this same reference, so you can trust the comparison at a glance.
Phantom MK1: 180 cm / 5 ft 11 in, 80 kg
Footprint: 55 cm wide x 35 cm deep
About the Phantom MK1background, hardware and buying reality
Its signature is a proprietary cycloid ("rolling-contact") actuator that Foundation claims delivers hydraulic-class torque (160 Nm peak) at 90-95% efficiency while staying back-drivable for safety, paired with a camera-only perception stack (no LiDAR) and integrated five-fingered hands. It is aimed squarely at industrial logistics and, increasingly, defense: Foundation holds ~$24M in US military research contracts and put two units on Ukraine's front line in February 2026 for reconnaissance and logistics under human-in-the-loop control. You cannot buy one. According to press reports it reaches customers only through Foundation's own factory pilots and government programs on a ~$100k/year lease (Foundation's site publishes no price or terms), with autonomy and support delivered as an ongoing relationship rather than a boxed product.
What it does on day onewith zero programming
Out of the box it walks (up to ~1.7 m/s) and, under human-in-the-loop teleoperation or a pre-trained skill, performs manipulation and logistics tasks: picking, carrying, tool use, reconnaissance/inspection. Foundation's camera-first stack lets an operator issue high-level natural-language intents; simple tasks can be taught by demonstration in roughly 30 minutes. It is not a plug-in-and-walk-away autonomous worker on day one.
Best for: Industrial operators and government/defense programs that want to run a lease-based, human-supervised humanoid pilot for logistics, materials handling, inspection, or reconnaissance, and that have integration staff and a use case rather than a desire to buy hardware outright.
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