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Foundation Robotics Labs · United States

Phantom

Phantom is the humanoid from San Francisco startup Foundation Robotics Labs, founded in 2024 by Sankaet Pathak and Mike LeBlanc. The company targets industrial and defense customers and has shown prototypes performing teleoperated and semi-autonomous tasks.

Prototype not for sale Score 12/100, niche
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We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.


12/100
Niche
Provisional, specs incomplete
Capability 10/30
Value 0/25
Buyability 2/20
Ecosystem 0/15
Proof 0/10
Computed from the data · how the score works

How the score is built

Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.

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Status
Prototype
Category
industrial
First revealed
2025
Form
bipedal
Height
n/a
Weight
n/a
Payload
n/a
Degrees of freedom
n/a
Battery
n/a
Runtime
n/a
Walking speed
n/a
Actuation
electric
Units deployed (est.)
not disclosed
Teleoperation
partial

Where it stands

Prototype humanoid aimed at industrial and defense use; limited public deployments.

What stands out

  • Defense and industrial positioning
  • Founded 2024

Price and volume

no public price

Index position

In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, Phantom sits at #94 of 107 with 12 points: deployment 0/50, autonomy 12/30, availability 0/20. See that method.

Sources

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