Trump administration bans new Chinese humanoid robots

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NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday added humanoid and quadruped robots to a list of products and companies that are banned from being imported into the United States on national security grounds.

The restrictions, rolled out via the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), explicitly bar imports of new humanoid and quadruped robots, alongside connected power inverters used for data centers and renewable grids.