DEPLOY Registry
Agencies and regulators
The government authorities that investigate, permit, and govern physical AI. Each agency page gathers the real records that name it: the incidents it investigated, the regulations it administers, the filings it decided, and the corridors it permits. Only agencies with at least one linked record appear.
US federal
10 agenciesUS Food and Drug Administration
The US medical-device regulator: surgical, hospital, and care robots reach the US market through its 510(k), De Novo, and PMA clearance pathways, and it orders device recalls and warning letters.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The US federal road-safety regulator: it sets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, orders recalls, and runs the special investigations that govern automated-driving systems on public roads.
Federal Aviation Administration
The US civil-aviation regulator: drones and electric air taxis reach commercial service through its type certification, airworthiness, and operating-rule approvals.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The US workplace-safety regulator: it investigates injuries involving industrial and warehouse robots and sets the standards that govern human-robot workspaces.
National Transportation Safety Board
The independent US accident-investigation board: it probes serious transportation crashes, including automated-vehicle fatalities, and issues safety recommendations.
US Department of Defense
The US defense establishment: through the Defense Innovation Unit (including the Blue UAS cleared-drone list) and other-transaction agreements, it is a major buyer and gatekeeper for autonomous systems.
Federal Communications Commission
The US communications regulator: it governs the radio spectrum and equipment authorizations that connected robots and drones depend on, and maintains the Covered List of restricted vendors.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The US civil space agency: its Commercial Lunar Payload Services task orders contract robotic landers and rovers, making it a primary customer for space robotics.
US International Trade Commission
The US trade tribunal: its Section 337 investigations can bar the import of robots and components found to infringe US patents, making it a patent-enforcement venue as much as a trade one.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The US commercial-truck safety regulator: it writes the operating rules that autonomous freight trucks must satisfy to run on interstate highways.
US state / local
5 agenciesCalifornia Department of Motor Vehicles
California's vehicle authority: it issues the autonomous-vehicle testing and deployment permits that most US robotaxi programs run under.
California Public Utilities Commission
California's utilities regulator: it authorizes fared passenger service for robotaxis, the approval that lets an operator charge riders.
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Los Angeles's transportation department: it sets the permit rules for sidewalk delivery robots and curb use within the city.
Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
Nevada's vehicle authority: it issues the certificates of compliance that let driverless vehicles operate in the state.
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
Texas's vehicle authority: it administers the state framework (including SB 2807) under which autonomous vehicles operate on Texas roads.
International
2 agenciesEuropean Union (CE marking and EASA)
The European market-access regime: robots enter through CE marking against EU directives, while the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certifies drones and air taxis.
National Medical Products Administration (China)
China's medical-device regulator: surgical and medical robots reach the Chinese market through its approval pathway.