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US FCC Bans Foreign Robots; Move Aimed Against China Dominance

The FCC's ban on new foreign-made mobile robots does not name China, but the world's leading humanoid and quadruped makers are overwhelmingly Chinese. (Representational image)

The US Federal Communications Commission has barred new models of foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots, along with connected power inverters, from receiving equipment authorisation, in a move that squarely targets China’s dominant robotics industry.