By Paul Dragu
The New American
August 7, 2026
An American company is building war robots, and the justification for pursuing this risky technology is the same one we hear from people who want to drop a data center in every nook and cranny of the American landscape.
Foundation's View
"U.S. adversaries like China and Russia are pursuing military humanoids and other similar concepts, such as four-legged robot 'dogs' with weapons mounted on their backs, so America needs the ability to match them." This is the view of Sankaet Pathak, a co-founder of the San Francisco-based Foundation Future Industries, which builds humanoid robots.