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FCC
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.
Federal Communications Commission · US federal · United States · 8 linked actions · Official site
At a glance5 incidents3 filings
FCC appears in the DEPLOY registry through 5 incidents investigated and 3 filings decided, the most recent on 2026-07-29.
Incidents investigated (5)
- FCC effectively bans new foreign-made advanced robotic devices citing national security risks, primarily targeting Chinese manufacturers like Unitree
Regulatory action · 2026-07-29
- FCC bans imports of new Chinese-made humanoid and quadruped robots, citing national security risks
Regulatory action · 2026-07-28
- FCC added foreign-produced UAS (DJI, Autel) to the Covered List, blocking new US authorizations
Regulatory action · 2025-12-22
- Former Vast engineer sues company alleging FCC radio frequency violations and wrongful termination
Regulatory action · 2024-03-26
- FCC revokes China Unicom Americas' telecom services authority
Regulatory action · 2022-01-27
Filings decided (3)
- fcc covered list
fcc covered list · active · Decided 2025-12-22 · DJI
- fcc covered list
fcc covered list · active · Decided 2025-12-22
- fcc covered list
fcc covered list · active · Decided 2025-12-22 · DJI