Foundation Phantom MK-1 vs NEURA 4NE1

Foundation Phantom MK-1 is a US-built biped humanoid (5'9", 176 lb, 44 lb payload, 1.7 m/s, camera-first no LiDAR) reported to have 19 upper-body DOF and a reported lease price around $100,000/year. Its strongest evidence is a media-reported deployment of two units to Ukraine in February 2026 for logistics and reconnaissance testing, plus $24M in Pentagon research contracts. Industrial claims include factory/dockyard testing and a Foundation claim via Reuters of helping build over 24,000 cars in 2025. However, all evidence is media-mediated company claims; no official government/customer release, no independent benchmark, and no video transcript were reviewed. Major spec conflicts exist on battery/runtime, fall recovery, and arm/hand function, and the robot is not publicly purchasable

NEURA 4NE1 is a German full-size cognitive humanoid with a Gen 4 version and a Gen 3.5 preorder. The official page lists 180 cm height, 10-20 kg payload, advanced hands, 360° perception, sensor skin, local NEURON AI foundation model, and industrial/home use cases. A reservation page prices Gen 3.5 at EUR 98,000 (1-19) / EUR 60,000 (20+) with end-2026 availability. Evidence is thin: no runtime, total DoF, customer deployments or named pilots, and video evidence consists of YouTube titles only with no transcripts. The robot is not yet shipping