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
- FDA US Food and Drug Administration213 actions
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.
123 incidents · 90 filings
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.
107 incidents · 27 filings
- FAA Federal Aviation Administration44 actions
The US civil-aviation regulator: drones and electric air taxis reach commercial service through its type certification, airworthiness, and operating-rule approvals.
17 incidents · 27 filings
The US workplace-safety regulator: it investigates injuries involving industrial and warehouse robots and sets the standards that govern human-robot workspaces.
21 incidents
- DoD US Department of Defense10 actions
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.
1 incident · 9 filings
The independent US accident-investigation board: it probes serious transportation crashes, including automated-vehicle fatalities, and issues safety recommendations.
7 incidents
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.
2 incidents · 3 filings
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.
4 filings
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.
3 filings
The US commercial-truck safety regulator: it writes the operating rules that autonomous freight trucks must satisfy to run on interstate highways.
1 incident
US state / local
California's vehicle authority: it issues the autonomous-vehicle testing and deployment permits that most US robotaxi programs run under.
4 incidents · 9 filings
California's utilities regulator: it authorizes fared passenger service for robotaxis, the approval that lets an operator charge riders.
5 filings
Los Angeles's transportation department: it sets the permit rules for sidewalk delivery robots and curb use within the city.
1 corridor
Nevada's vehicle authority: it issues the certificates of compliance that let driverless vehicles operate in the state.
1 filing
Texas's vehicle authority: it administers the state framework (including SB 2807) under which autonomous vehicles operate on Texas roads.
1 filing
International
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.
4 filings
China's medical-device regulator: surgical and medical robots reach the Chinese market through its approval pathway.
1 filing