Robotics Regulation News
Latest Robotics Regulation news and analysis — 24 articles tagged Robotics Regulation on The Robotics Media.
- NYC Council Rolls Out 10-Bill AI Package With Kill Switches And Whistleblower Bounties — — Speaker Julie Menin unveiled a 10-bill package on 25 September that would force AI companies operating in New York City to install kill switches, subm...
- Amazon Drones Drop Packages Where 10 State Laws Say They Cannot — — Amazon’s Prime Air MK30 is the only U.S. delivery drone that releases packages in flight — a method banned or permit-restricted in at least 10 states...
- Husqvarna Wins First FCC Conditional Approval for Foreign-Made Robotic Mowers — — Husqvarna Group on Sept. 11, 2026 said it is the first robotics company to earn FCC Conditional Approval for foreign-produced advanced robotic devices...
- FCC Adds Foreign Humanoid And Quadruped Robots To Covered List, Reshaping US Market — — The US FCC's expansion of the Covered List to include foreign-produced advanced robotic devices blocks new Chinese humanoid and quadruped platforms fr...
- 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...
- AiMOGA Mornine Becomes First Humanoid To Clear EN 18031 EU Cybersecurity Rule — — Chery-backed AiMOGA opened IFA Berlin 2026 pitching Mornine as the first humanoid to clear the EU's mandatory EN 18031 cybersecurity standard under th...
- Nevada Regulators Clear Path For 8,000 Tesla, Uber And Waymo Robotaxis In Clark County — — The Nevada Transportation Authority approved three commercial permits covering Clark County, opening the door to as many as 8,000 driverless vehicles...
- Tesla Recalls Nearly 3 Million EVs In China Over Hidden Door Handles — — Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels and push software updates to help occupants find hidden manual door releases, in China's...
- FCC Adds Chinese Humanoid And Quadruped Robots To Covered List — — The Federal Communications Commission has moved to block new equipment authorizations for foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots, citing supply-ch...
- Google Gives Publishers a 'Preferred Sources' Button as AI Reshapes Search — — Google is rolling out an embeddable Preferred Sources button that lets publishers give readers a one-tap way to boost the visibility of their reportin...
- Nevada Caps Tesla's Vegas Robotaxi Fleet at 10 — It Asked for 5,000 — — The Nevada Transportation Authority has granted Tesla an Autonomous Vehicle Network Company permit to run driverless cars in Las Vegas — but capped th...
- Kodiak AI Wins California Permit to Test Autonomous Heavy Trucks — — Nasdaq-listed Kodiak AI has been granted a permit under California's newly expanded Autonomous Vehicle Tester program, becoming one of the first heavy...
- Zoox Wins First-Ever NHTSA Commercial Exemption For Purpose-Built Robotaxi — — The Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle developer becomes the first company allowed to charge riders in a car with no steering wheel or pedals, with an in...
- 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...
- Zoox Recalls 105 Robotaxis After Vehicle Enters Emergency Smoke Scene — — Amazon-owned Zoox will recall all 105 of its autonomous robotaxis with a software update after a driverless vehicle entered a Las Vegas fire scene obs...
- California's Tough New AV Rules Kick In: Tickets, Trucks and Geofences — — California's sweeping autonomous vehicle regulations enter force, letting police cite driverless cars from July 1, opening the state to heavy-duty AV...
- 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...
- UN Adopts First Global Rules for Fully Autonomous Vehicles — — The UN's vehicle standards forum has approved the first-ever global regulations for fully autonomous driving systems, with backing from the US, EU, Ch...
- 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...
- 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...