{"id":4568,"date":"2026-07-29T01:30:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2026-07-29T01:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:30:43","slug":"us-foreign-robots-power-inverter-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4568","title":{"rendered":"The US is banning foreign robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on \u201cadvanced robotic devices\u201d and power inverters made in foreign countries, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/trump-administration-ban-new-chinese-robots-inverters-protecting-us-ai-buildout-2026-07-28\/\">reported earlier by <em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-423682A1.pdf\">an announcement on Tuesday<\/a>, the Federal Communications Commission says the ban will include \u201cmobile\u201d robots, such as humanoid and quadruped models \u2014 but it is not limited to robots that walk around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">China is also home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodmac.com\/press-releases\/solar-inverter-ranking-h1-2025\/\">world\u2019s leading power inverter producers<\/a> \u2014 Sungrow and the already-blacklisted Huawei \u2014 which are often used in solar panel arrays and other renewable energy systems. In its announcement, the FCC cites \u201cunacceptable risks to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States persons\u201d as the reason for the ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/covered-list-faqs-robots-inverters\">A FAQ page published by the FCC<\/a> defines an \u201cadvanced robotic device\u201d as a machine that is capable of \u201clocomotion, obstacle avoidance, navigation, or movement on the ground;\u201d comes with a sensor that perceives the surrounding environment; and has a chip for network connectivity. It must also weigh more than 4.4 pounds (including its docking station, if it has one).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">By that definition, even future robot vacuums would automatically be banned if they do not obtain a waiver. The FCC does not appear to be limiting this ban to robots with legs. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/robots-nsd.pdf\">the National Security Determination<\/a> that the FCC is using to justify the move explicitly mentions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/879088\/dji-romo-hack-vulnerability-remote-control-camera-access-mqtt\"><em>The Verge<\/em>\u2019s reporting<\/a> on the poor security of DJI\u2019s Romo robovac.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/899172\/fcc-foreign-router-ban\">US government\u2019s ban on foreign-made routers<\/a>, companies can request a waiver if they want to keep bringing new products into the US, but the waiver application does not include any requirements to improve the security of those robots or inverters. Existing products in the US also won\u2019t be subject to the ban, so individuals and companies can keep on using existing robots and inverters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Like previously, the US government seems to care primarily about <em>where<\/em> these devices are designed and manufactured before they get a waiver \u2014 and every applicant needs to provide a detailed plan to start manufacturing them in the United States instead. Sources tell <em>Reuters<\/em> that the FCC \u201cis expected to exempt many non-Chinese suppliers from the restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The FCC says today that all robots and power inverters can keep getting security and compatibility updates through January 1st, 2029 thanks to an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DA-26-789A1.pdf\">additional waiver<\/a>, but the agency is once again misleading the public about how those updates work. Companies do not currently need to inform the FCC when they push security updates to their devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/972259\/us-foreign-robots-power-inverter-ban\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on \u201cadvanced robotic devices\u201d and power inverters made in foreign countries, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission says the ban will include \u201cmobile\u201d robots, such as humanoid and quadruped models \u2014 but it is not limited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[46,74,75,58,34],"class_list":["post-4568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-news","tag-policy","tag-politics","tag-robot","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The US is banning foreign robots - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on \u201cadvanced robotic devices,\u201d including humanoid and quadruped models.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4568\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The US is banning foreign robots - 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