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The Chinese robot maker, Unitree, will likely be impacted by the ban. | Bloomberg via Getty Images
The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on "advanced robotic devices" and power inverters made in foreign countries, as reported earlier by Reuters . In an announcement on Tuesday , the Federal Communications Commission says the ban will include "mobile" robots, such as humanoid and quadruped models - but it is not limited to robots that walk around.
Though the FCC says the move isn't targeted at a specific country, it will have a major impact on China as the country ramps up efforts to produce humanoid robots , some of which we've seen in viral videos stumbling to Michael Jackson , partaking in MMA fights, and even appearing …
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