# 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)

- [FDA](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/fda.md) (US Food and Drug Administration) · 213 linked actions: 123 incidents · 90 filings. 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.
- [NHTSA](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/nhtsa.md) (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) · 134 linked actions: 107 incidents · 27 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.
- [FAA](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/faa.md) (Federal Aviation Administration) · 44 linked actions: 17 incidents · 27 filings. The US civil-aviation regulator: drones and electric air taxis reach commercial service through its type certification, airworthiness, and operating-rule approvals.
- [OSHA](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/osha.md) (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) · 21 linked actions: 21 incidents. The US workplace-safety regulator: it investigates injuries involving industrial and warehouse robots and sets the standards that govern human-robot workspaces.
- [DoD](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/dod.md) (US Department of Defense) · 10 linked actions: 1 incident · 9 filings. 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.
- [NTSB](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/ntsb.md) (National Transportation Safety Board) · 7 linked actions: 7 incidents. The independent US accident-investigation board: it probes serious transportation crashes, including automated-vehicle fatalities, and issues safety recommendations.
- [FCC](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/fcc.md) (Federal Communications Commission) · 5 linked actions: 2 incidents · 3 filings. 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.
- [NASA](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/nasa.md) (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) · 4 linked actions: 4 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.
- [US ITC](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/usitc.md) (US International Trade Commission) · 3 linked actions: 3 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.
- [FMCSA](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/fmcsa.md) (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) · 1 linked action: 1 incident. 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)

- [California DMV](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/ca-dmv.md) (California Department of Motor Vehicles) · 13 linked actions: 4 incidents · 9 filings. California's vehicle authority: it issues the autonomous-vehicle testing and deployment permits that most US robotaxi programs run under.
- [CPUC](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/cpuc.md) (California Public Utilities Commission) · 5 linked actions: 5 filings. California's utilities regulator: it authorizes fared passenger service for robotaxis, the approval that lets an operator charge riders.
- [LADOT](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/ladot.md) (Los Angeles Department of Transportation) · 1 linked action: 1 corridor. Los Angeles's transportation department: it sets the permit rules for sidewalk delivery robots and curb use within the city.
- [Nevada DMV](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/nv-dmv.md) (Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles) · 1 linked action: 1 filing. Nevada's vehicle authority: it issues the certificates of compliance that let driverless vehicles operate in the state.
- [Texas DMV](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/tx-dmv.md) (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles) · 1 linked action: 1 filing. Texas's vehicle authority: it administers the state framework (including SB 2807) under which autonomous vehicles operate on Texas roads.

## International (2)

- [EU](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/eu.md) (European Union (CE marking and EASA)) · 4 linked actions: 4 filings. 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.
- [NMPA](https://registry.deploy.report/agencies/nmpa.md) (National Medical Products Administration (China)) · 1 linked action: 1 filing. China's medical-device regulator: surgical and medical robots reach the Chinese market through its approval pathway.

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