Phantom MK-2

Where the MK-1 was largely hand-assembled, the MK-2 switches to a cast-moulded body to cut cost and speed production (the CEO's target is about USD 20,000 per unit at roughly 40,000 units per year by the end of 2027, a future manufacturing-cost target, not a customer price), while adding waterproofing, consolidated electronics, larger batteries, and an approximately 100 G shock and vibration rating (up from about 10-12 G) so it survives mud, rain, and rough handling. It keeps Foundation's proprietary cycloid actuators and camera-only perception. The widely quoted '175 lb payload' traces to an 80 kg bicep-curl demo; the CEO cited a static-pose payload closer to 30 kg. Announced for an approximately April 2026 debut, it is not a product you buy: like the MK-1 it reaches US defense programs (Foundation holds about USD 24M in military contracts) and industrial pilots through a lease and direct engagement, with autonomy delivered as human-in-the-loop supervision rather than a boxed, hands-off worker.

Under human-in-the-loop teleoperation or a pre-trained skill, the Phantom platform walks (about 1.7 m/s) and performs manipulation, materials-handling, inspection, and reconnaissance tasks. The MK-2's pitch is that it does this far more ruggedly than the MK-1: waterproof, shock-hardened (about 100 G transient), stronger (an 80 kg bicep-curl demo), on bigger batteries. It is not a plug-in-and-walk-away autonomous worker: an operator issues high-level intent and supervises.

Best for: US defense programs and heavy-industry operators that want a ruggedized, waterproof, lease-based humanoid for logistics, materials handling, inspection, or reconnaissance in harsh conditions, and that have integration staff, trained teleoperators, and a defined use case rather than a desire to own hardware or write their own code.