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In a recent television interview, Mike LeBlanc, co-founder of Foundation and a former Marine, highlighted the company's commitment to developing humanoid robots specifically for defense purposes. He described these robots as autonomous ground drones intended to take on perilous tasks traditionally performed by soldiers. This military-oriented strategy emerges as Foundation, under the leadership of the controversial former Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak, intensifies its efforts to establish a foothold in the competitive robotics industry.
HumanoidsDaily By [email protected] (Humanoids Daily Staff) Oct 01, 2025 sankaet-pathak mike-leblanc military-robotics foundationRSF defines a common language for robot service capability, lifecycle operations, certification pathways, and service-provider networks.