Foreign media: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the annual defense authorization bill, prohibiting the military from purchasing, leasing, or operating humanoid robot systems linked to "foreign adversaries" such as China and Russia, citing national security and data privacy concerns.
This provision incorporates core elements from last year’s bill but removes the most extreme measures—originally, the bill aimed to place Chinese-made humanoid robots and robotic dogs on the Federal Communications Commission's "covered list," revoking their wireless communication licenses and thereby banning their commercial sales in the United States entirely.
Currently, the restrictions apply only to military procurement; commercial sales remain unaffected. This move marks that the U.S. scrutiny of Chinese technology has expanded into the emerging frontier field of humanoid robotics.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1871522929936396/
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