The US FCC issues a direct notice, comprehensively banning the import of Chinese humanoid robots and quadruped dogs 🔥

On July 28, 2026, the Trump administration put “mobile robots” and power inverters onto the national security blacklist, moving the geo-wall from chips and software all the way to physical hardware.
Hardware manufacturers like Unitree—Chinese domestic providers that take roughly 20% of the global share through high cost-performance—have been blocked from North American import channels for new models.
US AI labs that rely on cheap Chinese hardware for R&D see their procurement costs double immediately.
Agility Robotics, a US-based player currently preparing to merge and go public via $CCXI , gets an administrative protection umbrella and becomes the biggest calling card for US-based hardware replacement.
Not only does the FCC withhold licenses for new models, it also keeps the power to revoke authorization for devices already sold in the US.
Before, it was to block compute power; now, it’s to lock down bodies.