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$150,000. That's the price of a humanoid robot that carries a soldier's rifle, walks nearly 4 mph, hauls over 44 pounds of gear, and clears buildings before any person enters.
US startup Foundation holds $24 million in Army, Navy, and Air Force contracts. Goal: 50,000 units by the end of 2027, scaling from about 50 this year to 10,000 next year.
No one is building a robot that decides who to shoot. Protocol requires human confirmation before any engagement. It replaces the soldier who goes first through the door, over the hill, or into an unchecked room.
An Army general once suggested robots could replace a quarter of combat soldiers by 2030. That decade-old prediction still hasn't happened—showing the timeline, not the direction, is wrong.
The real story isn't "robots replacing soldiers." It's the military finding a $150,000 way to stop sending a person first.