Trump-linked startup Foundation Robotics Labs aims to deploy humanoid military robots within 18 months
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Dylan Butts
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Summary
Foundation Robotics Labs, a startup with ties to the Trump family, is developing humanoid robots (MK-1) for military applications, with plans to deploy them within 12-18 months. The robots have been tested in Ukraine, where they demonstrated potential for supply pickups and other dangerous tasks that currently expose soldiers to risk. The war in Ukraine has become a major testing ground for robotics and AI in combat, including ground robots for supply delivery and autonomous drones for strikes and reconnaissance.
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The war, now in its fifth year, has seen the use of ground robots to deliver supplies to the front line, and autonomous and AI-augmented drones for precision strikes and reconnaissance.
Ukraine was a natural debut, as its ongoing conflict with Russia has already emerged as a major test bed for robotics and AI in combat.
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