"Foundation Future Industries has secured $24 million in research contracts with the US Army, Navy, and Air Force to test humanoid robots designed to breach enemy positions."
"The Phantom MK-1 is a 5-foot-9, 176-pound humanoid with 19 upper-body degrees of freedom, five-fingered hands, and an LLM-driven autonomy stack."
"Two units were sent to Ukraine in February for frontline testing in logistics and reconnaissance, marking the first deployment of humanoid robots in combat."
"Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized the contracts, calling them 'corruption in plain sight' due to the company's ties to Eric Trump."
Foundation Future Industries, a San Francisco startup, has obtained $24 million in research contracts from the Pentagon to test humanoid robots for military use. The Phantom MK-1, a humanoid robot, is designed for breaching enemy positions and has been deployed in Ukraine for logistics and reconnaissance. The company aims to raise $500 million at a valuation over $3 billion, but its ambitious production targets require significant scaling. The involvement of Eric Trump as chief strategy adviser has raised concerns about potential corruption.
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