Robotics Policy News
Latest Robotics Policy news and analysis — 16 articles tagged Robotics Policy on The Robotics Media.
- China Freezes Approvals For New Battery Storage Cell Factories Amid Glut Fears — — Beijing has quietly halted approvals for new battery energy storage cell factories that have not yet broken ground, Cailianshe reports, as regulators...
- NHTSA Opens Audit Query Into Tesla Cybercab Hours After Austin Rollout — — The NHTSA opened Audit Query AQ26002 into Tesla's Cybercab self-certification just hours after the wheel-and-pedal-free robotaxi hit Austin streets, e...
- FCC Bans Foreign Humanoid And Quadruped Robot Imports Over China Risk — — The Federal Communications Commission added foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots — plus grid-scale power inverters — to its covered-list ban on...
- Rep. Mullin Files Federal AV Emergency Response Bill After Waymo San Francisco Chaos — — Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.) introduced the AV Emergency Response Coordination Act on July 28, 2026, directing NHTSA to set national protocols, a 24/7...
- GUARD Act: Bipartisan Bill Targets Chinese Humanoid and Quadruped Robot Imports — — House Select Committee chair John Moolenaar, Jay Obernolte and Jennifer McClellan have introduced the bipartisan GUARD Act, which would force national...
- Uber's Robotaxi Hybrid-Network Bill Turns D.C. Into A Waymo Battleground — — Uber and Waymo, once courtroom rivals turned platform partners, are back on a collision course over a Washington D.C. bill that would let robotaxis op...
- NSA And Army Research Office Launch QuantumEAGLe Initiative — — The NSA's Laboratory for Physical Sciences and the US Army DEVCOM Army Research Office launched QuantumEAGLe, a joint program to grow the domestic qua...
- US Proposes Dropping Brake-Pedal Rule for Driverless Cars — — The Trump administration's DOT wants to remove the brake-pedal requirement for fully autonomous vehicles, clearing a regulatory hurdle for purpose-bui...
- Faraday Future Sets June 16 Launch For EAI Robotics Education Ecosystem — — Faraday Future will unveil its EAI Robotics Education Ecosystem and new EAI devices at a June 16 event in Los Angeles, plus an Automate 2026 showcase...
- Senate NDAA Authorises Four-Star Combatant Command For Drones And Robotics — — The Senate Armed Services Committee's $1.15T fiscal 2027 NDAA gives the Pentagon permission to stand up a new four-star Robotic and Autonomous Systems...
- CISA Tells Federal Agencies To Patch Smarter With New BOD 26-04 — — CISA's new Binding Operational Directive 26-04 replaces CVSS-only patching across U.S. civilian agencies with a risk-based framework anchored on explo...
- EU Set To Unveil Chips Act 2.0 With €120 Billion Push And A €30B AI Foundry — — Brussels will publish Chips Act 2.0 on June 3, pivoting from chip supply subsidies to demand aggregation, with €120B in investments targeted by 2035 a...
- Trump AI Executive Order Seeks 30-Day Pre-Release Model Reviews — — Signed June 2, 2026, the order asks Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and others to voluntarily submit frontier models for up to 30 days of federal cyber-capa...
- Tesla Self-Certifies Cybercab at Level 4 Under New Texas SB 2807 Robotaxi Law — — Texas's new commercial autonomous-vehicle law became enforceable on May 28, 2026, and Tesla self-certified its Cybercab and Model Y robotaxi software...
- China Launches First Humanoid Robot Lifecycle Platform — — China has launched its first full lifecycle management platform for humanoid robots in Beijing, giving each machine a unique digital identity from fac...
- European Parliament Moves to Create Permanent AI and Robotics Committee — — MEPs are pushing to establish a dedicated permanent committee for AI and robotics oversight in the European Parliament.