But humanoid robots could make war more precise and cause less civilian deaths, while saving human soldiers' lives, Pathak says. The start-up, founded in 2024, is racing to create humanoid robots that will automate factory work, build futuristic mega-cities, and, most strikingly, wage the wars of tomorrow. Plenty of tech companies claim to go against the grain but few are pursuing a technology that has provoked as much visceral, widespread horror as the one being built by Foundation Future Industries. Meet Phantom, your new robot coworker and fellow soldierThe company's core offering is Phantom, a sleek, all-black, roughly six-foot tall humanoid robot that can carry nearly 90 pounds. The Ukraine war already features vast zones of mostly drone-on-drone conflict, and clashing humanoid robots could eventually follow.