Certain robotic vacuum cleaners, including some Roomba-style devices, will be banned under the new U.S. policy restricting foreign-made advanced robotics, federal regulators told FOX Business Thursday ...

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The FCC’s latest ban on foreign tech has set its aim at “advanced robotic devices.” While the announcement specifically mentioned walking robots, the FCC has now clarified that the ban impacts robot ...

Roombas may be under attack by the U.S. government. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced on July 28 that it is banning new foreign-made robotic devices due to national security threats ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned all foreign-made mobile robots from the country — including robot vacuums. This means that people in the U.S. won't be able to get new robot ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday added foreign-produced power inverters and advanced robotic devices to its Covered List, generally making new models ineligible for FCC equipment ...

The ban will have a major impact on robots made in China. The ban will have a major impact on robots made in China. China is also home to the world’s leading power inverter producers — Sungrow and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration has confirmed a new US ban on the import of many advanced robots, including most robot vacuum cleaners ...

If your robot vacuum suddenly feels caught in the middle of a U.S.-China trade and technology fight, you're not imagining things. A new Trump administration-backed FCC action targeting Chinese-made ...

Did you hear it was just a ban on Chinese humanoid robots? It’s not. Did you hear it was just a ban on Chinese humanoid robots? It’s not. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers ...

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Humanoid robots and four-legged robots made in China fall squarely under a new ban imposed by the US Federal Communications Commission on foreign-made robots. But the sweeping prohibition covers a ...