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What Robotics Companies Think About the U.S. Foreign Robot Ban

What Robotics Companies Think About the U.S. Foreign Robot Ban

Boston Dynamics — new FCC rules ban nearly all new foreign mobile robots, including quadrupeds and humanoids Lucas Laursen is the technology policy editor at IEEE Spectrum. Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor.

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