Sankaet Pathak, Foundation Future Industries | Robotics & AI Infrastructure Leaders
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The video is an interview on theCUBE Robotics and AI Leaders Series with Sankaet, co-founder and CEO of Foundation Future Industries. The company has rapidly deployed the fastest production humanoid robots, currently operating in auto manufacturing plants with plans to ship over 100 robots this year and ramp to thousands next year. Their robots perform real, repetitive tasks like pick, place, and label stamping with a focus on replacing high-turnover manual labor in factories and warehouses. Their long-term vision includes deploying massive fleets of autonomous robots collaborating to build cities and infrastructure on Earth and other planets. They emphasize fully autonomous robots from day one, with no tele-operators, and are transitioning from wheeled bases to more nimble bipedal robots for better cycle time. Foundation is hiring a wide range of robotics talent and has operations in San Francisco and Munich. Their proprietary AI models encode real-world physics to reason about tasks dynamically, using real-world data for training. They are currently deployed with confidential customers in auto and consumer goods manufacturing, also working on contracts with the US Air Force and Navy. The company aims to scale to millions of deployed robots in the next five years, focusing on building a profitable, high-volume robot manufacturer to ultimately address labor shortages and enable human flourishing with automation.